A general jurisprudence of law and society /
Law is generally understood to be a mirror of society that functions to maintain social order. Focusing on this general understanding, this text conducts a survey of Western legal and social theories about law and its relationship within society.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Oxford socio-legal studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The law-society framework
- Law and society in Western legal theory
- Loosening the hold of the mirror thesis
- Fundamental shifts in the law-society relationship
- Against the mirror thesis
- A socio-legal positivist approach to law
- A non-essentialist legal pluralism
- Elements of a general jurisprudence.