Despite many doubts and criticisms, the use and popularity of the term legal culture have
been growing steadily since 1969, when Lawrence Friedman first coined it. Regardless of …

This article seeks to provide an overview of how the controversial concept of legal culture
has been used so as to clarify its potential role in further developing comparative studies of …

There [has] developed a war between the main political parties as a result of which the
criminal justice system in general and prisons in particular have been the ultimate victims …

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 …

It is now commonplace in many jurisdictions for judges to refer to the decisions of the courts
of foreign jurisdictions when interpreting domestic human rights guarantees. But there has …

Traditions of War examines wars and military occupation, and the ideas underlying them.
The search for these ideas is conducted in the domain of the laws of war, a body of rules …

The 14 essays that make up this 2003 volume are written by leading international scholars
to provide an authoritative survey of the state of comparative legal studies. Representing …

Comparing Legal Cultures Page 1 Page 2 Comparing Legal Cultures Page 3 This volume is
dedicated to the incomparable Mrs Isla Dow Page 4 Comparing Legal Cultures Edited by DAVID …

For the greater part of the 20th century, representations of law as state law were dominant in
the legal scholarship of the West. But over the last thirty years sustained attempts have been …

Over the last decade the regulatory evaluation of environmental and public health risks has
been one of the most legally controversial areas of contemporary government activity. Much …