This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the
sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It surveys the development of connections between …

The promise of sociolegal research varies for different constituencies. For some legal
scholars it has been a promise of sustained commitment to moral and political critique of law …

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 …

" A General Jurisprudence of Law and Society is a theoretical and sociological exploration of
the relationship between law and society. Law is generally understood to be a mirror of …

Law is a practical science. It does not ordinarily dwell on fundamental questions about the
social, political, and economic functions of the legal order. Satisfied with implicit working …

The challenge from the sociology of law appears in several guises but all involve
demonstrating the connections between law and other social forms. The sociology of law …

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 …

There is a growing interest within law schools in the intersections between law and different
areas of social theory. The second edition of this popular text introduces a wide range of …

Legal culture, in its most general sense, is one way of describing relatively stable patterns of
legally oriented social behaviour and attitudes. But the concept of legal culture is certainly …

The article begins by describing some shared ancestral figures of both comparative law and
socio-legal studies, and the conundrums they have left to both fields. It then turns to the …