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Understanding law and society / Max Travers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Travers, Max.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociological jurisprudence.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Law--Interpretation and construction.
- Postmodernism.
- Legal polycentricity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This textbook on the sociology of law is organised according to the theoretical traditions of sociology, and oriented towards providing an accessible, but sophisticated, introduction to, and overview of, the central themes, problems and debates in this field. The book employs an international range of examples - including the state, minority rights, terrorism, family violence, the legal profession, pornography, mediation, religious tolerance, and euthanasia - in order to distinguish a sociological approach to law from 'black-letter', jurisprudential and empirical policy-oriented traditions.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Classical thinkers; Chapter 3 The consensus tradition; Chapter 4 Critical perspectives; Chapter 5 Feminism and law; Chapter 6 The interpretive tradition; Chapter 7 Postmodernism and difference; Chapter 8 Legal pluralism and globalisation; Chapter 9 Conclusion; REFERENCES; Index
- Notes:
- Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
- "A GlassHouse book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-24845-1
- 1-282-25667-X
- 9786612256677
- 0-203-87125-1
- 9780203871256
- OCLC:
- 443032775
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