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Roger Cotterrell
This book presents a set of related studies aimed at showing key points of intersection and common interest between jurisprudence and socio-legal studies, which are otherwise typically considered distinct fields.
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Presenting a distinctive approach to the study of law in society and through a range of specific studies, this book seeks to integrate the sociology of law with other kinds…
Living Law presents a comprehensive overview of relationships between legal and social theory, and of current approaches to the sociological study of legal ideas.
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This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist’s role. It explores contemporary challenges that create a need for social…
Offers a distinctive view of contemporary law in Western societies, and provides a clear analytical framework for the study of the diverse literature relating to its field. This edition takes…
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Explores what jurisprudence is about, what it seeks to do, how it does it and - most importantly - how its conclusions can be brought to bear on everyday problems…
This collection of essays by a leading legal theorist seeks to re-locate the relationship between the traditional concerns of legal theory and the sociology of law, by establishing a consistent…
Through studies of the work of Weber, Durkheim, Gurvitch, Habermas, Luhmann, Derrida, Bourdieu, Foucault, Schmitt, Neumann and others, this book addresses such topics as the changing forms of regulation, law’s…
The papers in these two volumes demonstrate the variety of sociological perspectives on law. The first volume covers Classical Foundations and consists of papers about the classics of legal sociology…
Focuses on three closely-connected aspects of Emile Durkheim’s work: his sociology of justice, his sociology of morality and his political sociology. This title presents Durkheim’s thought, showing him as a…
This open access book pays homage to Reza Banakar, who passed away in August 2020, exploring the many different areas of socio-legal research that he worked on and influenced. It…
Richard Nobles,David Schiff
This collection of socio-legal studies, written by leading theorists and researchers from around the world, offers original, perceptive and critical contributions to ideas and theories that have been expounded by…
In his 1987 article, 'Power, Property and the Law of Trusts: A Partial Agenda for Critical Legal Scholarship, ' Roger Cotterrell outlined for the first time a critical, socio-legal approach…
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Berry Fong-Chung Hsu,Roger B.M. Cotterrell
The future of the Common Law judicial system in Hong Kong depends on the perceptions of it by Hong Kong’s Chinese population, judicial developments prior to July 1, 1997, when…
This book provides an introduction to the important scholarship of Eugen Ehrlich and a starting point for further reading and discussion.
Paul Van Seters
Presents a collection of essays bringing together a group of scholars from diverse academic backgrounds to reflect upon the rise of communitarianism in the studies of law and society. This…
