Law and society, sociology of law

Jurisprudence: Realism in Theory and Practice compiles many of Llewellyn's most important writings.

Jurisprudence: Realism in Theory and Practice compiles many of Llewellyn's most important writings.

In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules, Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism, imperative-attributive legal relationships, law's functional control, law's subjective reality and morality.

In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules, Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism, imperative-attributive legal relationships, law's functional control, law's subjective reality and morality.

Ever since the first contacts between Europe and Africa, African people have been confined to the fringes of Eurocentric experience in the Western mind.

Ever since the first contacts between Europe and Africa, African people have been confined to the fringes of Eurocentric experience in the Western mind.

Frequently the ethical attorney finds himself in a position where he can no longer reconcile con-flicting responsibilities he owes to his clients with those he owes so-ciety and himself.

Frequently the ethical attorney finds himself in a position where he can no longer reconcile con-flicting responsibilities he owes to his clients with those he owes so-ciety and himself.

The famed 1914 edition of this classic is one of the small handful of works that deserve to be read by Americans to understand the 1980s.

The famed 1914 edition of this classic is one of the small handful of works that deserve to be read by Americans to understand the 1980s.

Based on sophisticated demographic analysis, Legal Construct, Social Concept argues that legal doctrine on social issues is shaped by the needs and values of society rather than by individuals and interest groups and that it evolves in response to social change but has little impact on that change.

Based on sophisticated demographic analysis, Legal Construct, Social Concept argues that legal doctrine on social issues is shaped by the needs and values of society rather than by individuals and interest groups and that it evolves in response to social change but has little impact on that change.

In what has universally been recognized as a classic of institutional economics, John R.

In what has universally been recognized as a classic of institutional economics, John R.

How do specific activities and institutions in which people are involved fit into the overall adaptive strategy of their society?

How do specific activities and institutions in which people are involved fit into the overall adaptive strategy of their society?

Trials of those responsible for large-scale state brutality have captured public imagination in several countries.

This path-breaking text deals with the effects of federal civil rights legislation on the behavior and attitudes of the inhabitants of a single county in Mississippi--Panola County.

This path-breaking text deals with the effects of federal civil rights legislation on the behavior and attitudes of the inhabitants of a single county in Mississippi--Panola County.

What can we learn from tribal societies about the ways in which, in a variety of social settings, groups of men resolve their conflicts with other men?

What can we learn from tribal societies about the ways in which, in a variety of social settings, groups of men resolve their conflicts with other men?

Social Control Through Law is remarkable in manner and style.

Social Control Through Law is remarkable in manner and style.

This book is concerned with the legal system as it operates for ordinary citizens on a day-to-day basis.

This book is concerned with the legal system as it operates for ordinary citizens on a day-to-day basis.

Judges in most societies often resort to resolving disputes by means of applying a criterion of reasonableness.

Judges in most societies often resort to resolving disputes by means of applying a criterion of reasonableness.

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Social surveillance and regulation of knowledge will be one of the most important issues in the near future, one that will give rise to unending controversy.

In the English-speaking world, Karl Renner is by far the best-known among the Austro-Marxists who were active in the Austrian socialist movement during the first few decades of the twentieth century.

This volume is based on a detailed analysis of change in the law and in the administration of justice affecting juvenile off enders in California in the fifties and sixties.

This volume is based on a detailed analysis of change in the law and in the administration of justice affecting juvenile off enders in California in the fifties and sixties.

In this stimulating volume, Larry D.

In this stimulating volume, Larry D.

Richard Quinney's The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice.

Richard Quinney's The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field.

In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity.

In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity.

Engineering Analysis of Fires and Explosions demonstrates how professional forensic engineers apply basic concepts and principles from engineering and scientific disciplines to analyze fires and explosions.

Engineering Analysis of Fires and Explosions demonstrates how professional forensic engineers apply basic concepts and principles from engineering and scientific disciplines to analyze fires and explosions.

The book highlights new imaginaries required to transcend traditional approaches to law and development.

The book highlights new imaginaries required to transcend traditional approaches to law and development.

The book examines the well-established field of 'law and development' and asks whether the concept of development and discourses on law and development have outlived their usefulness.

The book examines the well-established field of 'law and development' and asks whether the concept of development and discourses on law and development have outlived their usefulness.

Hotly contested, normality remains a powerful, complex category in contemporary law and culture.

Hotly contested, normality remains a powerful, complex category in contemporary law and culture.

This book is a legal and political intervention into a contemporary debate concerning the appropriateness of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young gender non-conforming people for so-called 'gender identity fraud'.

Property relations are such a common feature of social life that the complexity of the web of laws, practices, and ideas that allow a property regime to function smoothly are often forgotten.