Living law
Subtitle: studies in legal and social theory
By: Roger Cotterrell.
Series: Collected essays in law series; Collected essays in law
Publisher: Dartmouth Pub. Co.; Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780754627104
Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence.; Law -- Philosophy.
Description: 'Living Law' presents a comprehensive overview of the relationships between legal and social theory, and of current approaches to the sociological study of legal ideas. It explores the nature of legal theory and sociolegal studies today as teaching and research fields, and the work of many of the major sociological theorists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Subverting orthodoxy, making law central : a view of sociolegal studies; title: Community as a legal concept? Some uses of a law-and-community approach in legal theory; title: From 'living law' to the 'death of the social' : sociology in legal theory; title: Pandora's box : jurisprudence in legal education; title: Living law revisited : communitarianism and sociology of law; title: Emmanuel Levy and legal studies : a view from abroad; title: Durkheim's loyal jurist? The sociolegal theory of Paul Huvelin; title: The rule of law in transition : revisiting Franz Neumann's sociology of legality; title: The representation of law's autonomy in autopoiesis theory; title: Images of Europe in sociolegal traditions; title: The development of capitalism and the formalization of contract law; title: The law of property and legal theory; title: Some sociological aspects of the controversy around the legal validity of private purpose trusts; title: Trusting in law : legal and moral concepts of trust; title: Some aspects of the communication of constitutional authority; title: Comparative law and legal culture; title: Common law approaches to the relationship between law and morality; title: Legal effects and moral meanings : a comment on recent debates on approaches to legislation; title: Ideas and values in law : a comment on The Importance of Ideals; title: Culture, comparison, community; title: Lawyers and the building of communities.