A General Jurisprudence of Law and Society (Paperback, New)


Law is generally understood to be a mirror of society that functions to maintain social order. Focusing on this general understanding, this book conducts a survey of Western legal and social theories about law and its relationship within society. It then engages in a theoretical and empirical critique of this common understanding, covering such subjects as the impact of legal transplantation and globalization of law, and it proposes an alternative way to understand the relationship between law and society.

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Law is generally understood to be a mirror of society that functions to maintain social order. Focusing on this general understanding, this book conducts a survey of Western legal and social theories about law and its relationship within society. It then engages in a theoretical and empirical critique of this common understanding, covering such subjects as the impact of legal transplantation and globalization of law, and it proposes an alternative way to understand the relationship between law and society.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Oxford Socio-Legal Studies

Release date

July 2001

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

September 2001

Authors

Dimensions

217 x 139 x 16mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

284

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-19-924467-6

Barcode

9780199244676

Categories

LSN

0-19-924467-7



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