Sociological theories of law
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Sociological theories of law
(The international library of essays in law and legal theory, . Schools ; 12)
Dartmouth, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This volume examines theories which concern legal processes in a social context. The essays cover the definitions and concept of law, a methodological perspective on law, and functional as well as social theories of contemporary law.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Concept of law and sociological inquiries: the sociological concept of law, Roger B.M. Cotterrell
- legal institutions and social controls, Philip Selznick
- the boundaries of legal sociology, Donald Black
- the concept of laws in social science - a critique and notes on an expanded view, Malcolm M. Feeley
- toward a theory of law in society, F. James Davis. Part 2 Law as order inherent in social life: the sociology of law, Eugen Ehrlich
- human interaction and the law, Lon L. Fuller
- law and spontaneous order - Hayek's contribution to legal theory, Anthony I. Ogus. Part 3 Law as constituted authority: definitions of law and empirical questions, Jack Gibbs
- the differing realms of the law, Paul Bohannan
- the sociology of secondary rules, Eric Colvin. Part 4 Law as a condition for capitalistic economy - Max Weber's view: Max Weber on law and the rise of capitalism, David M. Trubek
- formal justice and the spirit of capitalism - Max Weber's sociology of law, Sally Ewing. Part 5 Law as reflection of capitalistic economy - Marxian view: Marxism, socialism and the theory of law, Alice Erh-Soon Tay and Eugene Kamenka
- law, state and class struggle, Alan Hunt
- the place of law in the Marxian structure-superstructure archetype, Alan Stone. Part 6 Contemporary social theories about law: law and social theory - law as a social system, Niklas Luhmann
- a purified sociology of law - Niklas Luhmann on the autonomy of the legal system, Hubert Rottleuthner
- Habermas's approach to law, Koen Raes
- substantive and reflexive elements in modern law, Gunther Teubner.
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