Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition / Edition 1

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About the Author:
Mathieu Deflem is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521673921
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/2008
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 360
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Meet the Author

Mathieu Deflem is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. He has published dozens of articles in journals and books, is the author of Policing World Society (2002) and the editor of Sociologists in a Global Age (2007), Sociological Theory and Criminological Research (2006), Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism (2004) and Habermas, Modernity and Law (1996). His website is www.mathieudeflem.net.

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Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements     vii
Introduction: sociology, society, law     1
Theoretical foundations of the sociology of law     15
Law and the rise of the social sciences     17
Max Weber on the rationalization of law     37
Emile Durkheim on law and social solidarity     56
Development and variations of the sociology of law     75
The theoretical move towards the sociological study of law     77
From sociological jurisprudence to sociology of law     97
Sociology of law and the antinomies of modern thought     117
Sociological dimensions of law     143
Law and economy: the regulation of the market     145
Law and politics: the role of democratic law     162
Law and integration: the legal profession     181
Law and culture: the balance of values through norms     198
Special problems of law     225
Social control: the enforcement of law     227
The globalization of law     250
Conclusion: Visions of the sociology of law     271
Bibliography     278
Index     337

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