Beyond law in context
Subtitle: developing a sociological understanding of law
By: [edited] by David Nelken.
Contributors: Nelken, David.
Series: Collected essays in law
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780754628026
Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The 'gap problem' in the sociology of law : a theoretical review; title: 'Law in action' and 'living law' : back to the beginning in the sociology of law; title: Is there a crisis in law and legal ideology?; title: Legislation and its constraints : legal systems and social systems; title: Beyond the study of 'law and society?; title: Changing paradigms in the sociology of law : autopoietic law : a new approach to law and society; title: Criminal law and criminal justice : some notes on their irrelation; title: The loneliness of law's meta-theory : plural legalities : critical legal studies in Europe; title: Are disputes between law and science resolvable? : forensic expertise and the law of evidence; title: 'Can law learn from social science?; title: Can there be a sociology of legal meaning? : law as communication; title: Blinding insights? : the limits of a reflexive sociology of law; title: Comparativists and transferability : comparative legal studies : traditions and transitions; title: The meaning of success in transnational legal transfers; title: An e -mail from Global Bukowina.