Title: Law, culture and society : legal ideas in the mirror of social theory /
Authors: Cotterrell, Roger
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence.; Law Philosophy; Comparative law Sociological aspects.
Abstract: "This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It explores links between legal studies and social theory and relates its approach to sociolegal research, on the one hand, and legal philosophy, on the other. It argues for a rethinking of the concept of law to take account of new forms of legal and cultural pluralism and the growing significance of transnational law."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Approaching law -- Law and social theory -- Legal philosophy and legal pluralism -- Why must legal ideas be interpreted sociologically? -- A legal concept of community -- The concept of legal culture -- Is there a logic of legal transplants? -- Sociology and comparative law -- Interpretation in comparative law -- Frontiers of community.