Realistic socio-legal theory : pragmatism and a social theory of law
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Realistic socio-legal theory : pragmatism and a social theory of law
(Oxford socio-legal studies)
Clarendon Press, 1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Combining philosophical pargmatism with a methodological foundation, Tamanaha formulates a framework for a realistic approach to socio-legal theory. The strengths of this approach are contrasted with that of the major schools of socio-legal theory by application to core issues in this area. Thus Tamanaha explores the problematic state of socio-legal studies, the relationship between behaviour and meaning, the notion of legal ideology, the problem of indeterminacy in
rule following and application, and the structure of judicial decision making. These issues are tackled in a clear and concise fashion while articulating a social theory of law which draws equally from legal theory and socio-legal theory.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: The State of Socio-Legal Studies
- Pragmatism and Realistic Socio-Legal Studies
- Behaviourism and Interpretavism in Complement
- An Analytical Map of the Concept of Law
- A Social Theory of Law by Comparison to Legal Positivism
- The Internal-External Distinction and the Notion of a Practice
- Studies of Judicial Decision Making
- Legal Theory and the Practice of Judging
- Three Last Words
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