Sociology and law
Subtitle: the 150th anniversary of Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
By: edited by Maria Serafimova, Stephen Hunt, and Mario Marinov ; with Vladimir Vladov, consulting editor and translations from Bulgarian
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781443805025
Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence; Congresses; Durkheimian school of sociology
Description: "Emile Durkheim's conceptual framework outlined social reality as a moral social environment consisting of supra-individual norms for thought and action. Law, morals and other spheres of social order are generated within and by society. Law is a visible external symbol. Durkheim reaches the conclusion that penal law is religious in its nature.

Most of the texts deal with the relations between Sociology and Law and refer to Durkheim's heritage in dealing with specific problems in different societies and fields of study. Topics range from Socio-Legal Studies and Law, to analyses of constitutions, case studies from the judicial system and civil servants, new religious movements, Durkheim's place in the Sociology of Religion. Other topics cover contemporary ethnic conflict, cyberspace, media, morality, education, gender studies, etc. This book will be of interest to sociologists, lawyers, anthropologists, historians, scholars in cultural studies, religious studies, students, researchers, etc."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Papers originally presented at a conference held by the Sociology Dept. at the Faculty of Law and History of Southwest University Neofit Rilski, May 29-31, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.