Author : Philip Aneurin Thomas
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN :
This text on socio-legal studies is derived from the Socio-Legal Studies Association 1995 annual conference at Leeds University. It examines the definition of the term socio-legal and the boundaries in which the lawyers of this subject fit.
Author : John Harrison Watts
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1466583304
In recent years, legal studies courses have increased the focus on contemporary social issues as part of the curriculum. Law and Society: An Introduction discusses the interface between these two institutions and encourages students in the development of new insights on the topic. The book begins by introducing definitions, classifications, and the
Author : Marc Galanter
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 24,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780195632057
Though "modern Indian law" is actually of Western origin, Galanter here contends that independent India has accepted this mid-twentieth century legal system intellectually and institutionally. His thirteen articles, covering a wide range of issues in Indian society, explore the operation of modern Indian law and explicate the ways in which a complex body of formal law accommodates and adjusts itself to local conditions to which it is alien.
Author : Simon Halliday
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2009-05-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 052189591X
This book provides students and scholars with a candid look at how empirical research projects actually happen. Focusing on the interdisciplinary Law and Society field, more than twenty interviews with authors of classic projects - from sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, law, and history - the chapters are unique in their honesty. They help readers to understand the choices, challenges, and uncertainty that go into even some of the best research projects.
Author : Mark Sidel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2008-02-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 1139469606
This book is a unique analysis of the struggle to build a rule of law in one of the world's most dynamic and vibrant nations - a socialist state that is seeking to build a market economy while struggling to pursue an ethos of social equality and opportunity. It addresses constitutional change, the assertion of constitutional claims by citizens, the formation of a strong civil society and non-profit sector, the emergence of economic law and the battles over who is benefited by the economic regulation, labor law and the protection of migrant and export labor, the rise of lawyers and public interest law, and other key topics. Alongside other countries, comparisons are made to parallel developments in another transforming socialist state, the People's Republic of China.
Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1118701445
Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world including the widening gap between codified laws and “law in action”, problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law’s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law’s relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more Features contributions from 38 international expert scholars working in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies and social sciences Unique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding and important new multi-disciplinary field of study
Author : Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139458655
Dealing with the aftermath of civil conflict or the fall of a repressive government continues to trouble countries throughout the world. Whereas much of the 1990s was occupied with debates concerning the relative merits of criminal prosecutions and truth commissions, by the end of the decade a consensus emerged that this either/or approach was inappropriate and unnecessary. A second generation of transitional justice experiences have stressed both truth and justice and recognize that a single method may inadequately serve societies rebuilding after conflict or dictatorship. Based on studies in ten countries, this book analyzes how some combine multiple institutions, others experiment with community-level initiatives that draw on traditional law and culture, whilst others combine internal actions with transnational or international ones. The authors argue that transitional justice efforts must also consider the challenges to legitimacy and local ownership emerging after external military intervention or occupation.
Author : David Scott Clark
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Comparative law
ISBN :
Provides more than seven hundred alphabetical entries covering the interaction of law and society around the globe, including the sociology of law, law and economics, law and political science, psychology and law, and criminology.
Author : Christopher W. Brooks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1139475290
Law, like religion, provided one of the principal discourses through which early-modern English people conceptualised the world in which they lived. Transcending traditional boundaries between social, legal and political history, this innovative and authoritative study examines the development of legal thought and practice from the later middle ages through to the outbreak of the English civil war, and explores the ways in which law mediated and constituted social and economic relationships within the household, the community, and the state at all levels. By arguing that English common law was essentially the creation of the wider community, it challenges many current assumptions and opens new perspectives about how early-modern society should be understood. Its magisterial scope and lucid exposition will make it essential reading for those interested in subjects ranging from high politics and constitutional theory to the history of the family, as well as the history of law.
Author : Jason Michael Morgan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781621964971
