To understand the development of the sociology of law in America, one should view it in the
context of a society characterized by three fundamental conflicts. First, American society …

The sociology of law, as these two substantial books demonstrate, is by now an important
and well-established enterprise. The sheer quantity of material in these readers testifies to …

In his classic book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville noted the tendency of
Americans to search for concrete facts and useful results in their scientific efforts, rather than …

This review of work and trends in the sociology of law makes no claims to being exhaustive
or comprehensive. If it succeeds in pinpointing and highlighting major work, important …

The greatest strength of this book is the diversity of its subject matter and its exploration of
links between law and the political, cultural, and economic aspects of society. It is seldom …

Although the term" sociology of law" was first coined by the Italian legal philosopher Dionisio
Anzilotti in 1892, and Eugen Ehrlich's Grundlegung einer Soziologie des Rechts appeared …

The sqciology of law proceeds upon the assumption that law occurs in a socia1, context and
can only be understood in that context. The word" occurs" is important here because,: from a …

This volume seeks to outline some key subject-matter divisions of United States legal
history, considered for the insights it can offer into the general history of the country. Part …

Sociology consists of many specialties or subfields such as the sociology of deviance,
medical sociology, the sociology of education, urban sociology, the sociology of the family …

As so often happens where diametrically opposed views are expressed, so here too
affirmation and negation rest upon the use of similar words to designate different things with …