| Overview
Recovering
the Sociology of Law
“Both
in order to frame the sociology of law as a disciplinary specialty and
to secure its place in the interdisciplinary law and society field, the
sociology of law is to be judged first and foremost by the standards of
its foundations in sociology.” (p.3)
Sociology
of Law: A Preliminary Classification
“Although
the definition of law provides a ground of debate among the various theoretical
traditions in the sociology, a minimal strategy can be followed to sociologically
conceive of law as a particular category of rules and the social practices
associated therewith.” (p.5)
Themes
and Structure: An Overview
“Discussing
the history and systematics of the sociology of law, this book contains
twelve chapters divided over four parts. The first two parts are theoretical
in orientation while the chapters in the latter two parts primarily offer
thematic discussions.” (p.8)
Objectives
“The
most important conclusion that I hope readers will reach from this book
is that the sociology of law offers something unique and valuable among
the various specialty fields in the discipline and alongside of other social-science
perspectives of law... Transcending any specific issue of theoretical dissent
or substantive variation in research, this book hopes to make the case
for a sociological specialty as such.” (p.14)
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Online
Excerpts
The
book's Preface
and an excerpt of the Introduction
available online.
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Selected
Online Articles (external links)
Timasheff,
N.S. 1937. "What
Is "Sociology of Law"?" American Journal of Sociology 43(2):225-235.
Riesman,
David. 1951. “Toward
and Anthropological Science of Law and the Legal Profession.” American
Journal of Sociology 57(2):121-135.
Rose,
Arnold M. 1962. "Some
Suggestions for Research in the Sociology of Law." Social Problems
9(3):281-283.
Gibbs,
Jack P. 1966. "The
Sociology of Law and Normative Phenomena." American Sociological Review
31(3):315-325.
Schwartz,
Richard D. 1978. "Moral
Order and Sociology of Law: Trends, Problems, and Prospects." Annual
Review of Sociology 4:577-601.
Arnaud,
André-Jean. 1981. Critique
de la raison juridique: Où va la sociologie du droit? Paris:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. [ at
Réseau Européen Droit & Société]
Cotterrell,
Roger. 1983. "The
Sociological Concept of Law." Journal of Law and Society 10(2):241-255.
Cotterrell,
Roger. 1986. "Law
and Sociology: Notes on the Constitution and Confrontations of Disciplines."
Journal of Law and Society 13(1):9-34.
Simon,
Rita J., and James P. Lynch. 1989. “The
Sociology of Law: Where We Have Been and Where We Might Be Going.”
Law and Society Review 23(5):825-848.
Cotterrell,
Roger. 1998. "Why
Must Legal Ideas Be Interpreted Sociologically?" Journal of Law and
Society 25(2):171-192.
Travers,
Max. 1993. "Putting
Sociology Back into the Sociology of Law." Journal of Law and Society
20(4):438-451.
Scheppele,
Kim Lane. 1994. "Legal
Theory and Social Theory." Annual Review of Sociology 20:383-406.
Treviño,
A. Javier. 1998. "Nine
Law and Society/Sociology of Law Textbooks and Readers for the 1990s: A
Comparative Review." Review essay. Teaching Sociology 26(4):354-380.
Schluchter,
Wolfgang. 2003. “The
Sociology of Law as an Empirical Theory of Validity.” European Sociological
Review 19(5):537-549.[ at the publisher's
site]
Ferrari,
V. 2005. "Law
and Society Studies and Legal Education." Journal of Legal Education
55(4):495-499. [
at the Association of American Law Schools website]
Rojo,
Raúl Enrique. 2005. "Por
una sociología jurídica, del poder y la dominación."
Sociologias 13:36-81. [at
the UFRGS website]
Deflem,
Mathieu. 2007. "Sociological
Theories of Law." Pp. 1410-1413 in Encyclopedia of Law and Society:
American and Global Perspectives, edited by David S. Clark. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications. [at
the author's website]
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