This book brings into question the dichotomies inherent in the sociology of law. It is a
journey in search of a method capable of taking us beyond the theoretical limitations …

Two motivations inform my project. The first speaks to the question of the relationship
between socio-legal studies and its most obvious theoretical resource, the sociology of law …

This textbook on the sociology of law is organised according to the theoretical traditions of
sociology, and oriented towards providing an accessible, but sophisticated, introduction to …

Law and its countless legal, academic, professional and institutional manifestations, all
being intrinsically social, fall within the scope of sociological inquiry. It is, therefore, not …

In this chapter, I explore what makes a social science of law, suggesting that the 'socio'in
socio-legal refers to the social scientific study of law. 1 As a set of interdependent human …

The general focus of this paper is on the methodological limitations of the sociology of law in
capturing the law's 'truth'as its practitioners experience it. The paper starts with arguing that …

“Law and sociology have always had a close, if troubled, relationship as academic
disciplines. They share common origins in the eighteenth century as attempts to understand …

We are delighted to present the first Routledge Handbook of Socio-Legal Theory and
Methods, a collection that showcases the breadth of work animating contemporary socio …

The recent publication of the second edition of Roger Cotterrell's introduction to the
sociology of law offers one indication of the way in which sociology of law has now become …

Socio-legal studies is now sufficiently well established internationally as a field of enquiry to
warrant reflective examination of one of the key elements of such study; the 'socio'of the …