Sociology of law : a study of cultural contextualism / Qiliang Wang ; translated by Li Yiyang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Qiliang, author.

Contributor:

Yiyang, Li, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociological jurisprudence.

Comparative law.

Conflict of laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., [2022]

Summary:

This book, based on extensive ethnographic material, analyzes the complex relationships between the law and various social controls, helping to answer the question of how social order is formed. Formal law exists in a web of complex structures and meanings. Accordingly, legal study must take into account multiple types of order, allowing us to understand in depth the strengths and weaknesses, reasonable and absurdity, and successes and failures of the law. In addition, the interactions of numerous actors shape the structure and context of the law. Exploring these aspects--while also highlighting diverse informal/non-state norms that influence day-to-day social practices, and which have never been replaced by modern laws--the book offers an insightful resource for all readers who are interested in the practice of Chinese law or in the connections between culture, society, and the law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Wang, Qiliang Sociology of Law

ISBN:

981-16-5508-1

981-16-5509-X