| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 381 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford socio-legal studies |
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Oxford socio-legal studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction : explaining law's power -- The sociological concept of law -- Law and sociology : the constitution and confrontations of disciplines -- Sociology of law in Britain : a case study -- Sociological perspectives on legal closure -- Law, ideology and power : the Marxist tradition -- Legality and legitimacy : the sociology of Max Weber -- Social foundations of the rule of law : Franz Neumann and Otto Kirchheimer -- Law, morality and solidarity : the Durkheimian tradition -- Critique and law : the legacy of the Frankfurt school -- Law's images of society -- Feasible regulation for democracy and social justice -- Legal theory and the image of legality -- Socio-legal studies : between policy and community -- Conclusion : imagining law's community |
| Summary |
These essays seek to re-locate the relationship between the traditional concerns of legal theory and the sociology of law by establishing a consistent theoretical approach to the analysis of law in contemporary Western societies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sociological jurisprudence.
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Sociological jurisprudence
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Rechtssoziologie
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Rechtstheorie
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Rechtssociologie.
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Rechtstheorie.
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Droit -- Philosophie.
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Sociologie juridique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191682858 |
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0191682853 |
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