| Overview
The
Sociological Movement in Law: The American Tradition
Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935). “Against legal formalism, Holmes argues
that the law is a reflection of a nation’s development.” (p.99)
Roscoe
Pound (1870-1964): “The emphasis in sociological jurisprudence is... on
the actual workings of the law... Pound phrases this difference in perspective
in the now famous distinction between law in action and law in the books...”
(p.100)
Karl
Llewellyn (1893-1962): “To Llewellyn, the question must always be if, when,
and to what extent law as proscribed rule and law as actual practice actually
converge or not.” (p.103)
The Legal
Origins of the Sociology of Law
“The
problem of the morality of law has been part of the sociology of law since
Durkheim,... sharply surfacing in the debate on the possibilities of a
scientific sociology of law...” (p.105)
The Modernization
of Classical Sociology: Talcott Parsons
Talcott
Parsons (1902-1979): “Parsons analyzes the role of law in relation to the
other differentiated subsystems of society in the four-functional scheme
and in terms of law’s primary integrative function.” (p.111)
The Legacy
of Structural Functionalism
“Beyond
the works of the functionalist sociologists of law, the relevance of Parsons’s
sociology of law is felt in a more enduring fashion through the reception
and influence of his work in the development of the discipline of sociology.”
(p.113)
Note:
A shorter version of this chapter is available in Spanish.
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Selected
Online Articles (external links)
 Holmes,
Oliver Wendell. 1897. "The
Path of the Law." Harvard Law Review 110(5):991-1009. [ at
constitution.org]
Holmes,
Oliver Wendell. 1899. "Law
in Science and Science in Law." Harvard Law Review 12(7):443-463. [
privately posted, public domain]
Hermes,
Kathy. 2004. Review of Law
without Values: The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes, by Albert
W. Alschuler. Civil War History 50(1):69-71.
Pound,
Roscoe. 1914. "Justice
According to Law." The Mid-West Quarterly 1(3):223–235. [
at digital commons, University of Nebraska]
Pound,
Roscoe. 1923. “Law
and Morals.” Parts I.and
II. Journal of Social Forces 1(4):350-359; 1(5):528-537.
Pound,
Roscoe. 1931. “The
Call for a Realist Jurisprudence.” Harvard Law Review 44(5):697-711.
Pound,
Roscoe. 1943. “Sociology
of Law and Sociological Jurisprudence.” The University of Toronto Law
Journal 5(1):1-20.
Llewellyn,
Karl N. 1930. “A
Realistic Jurisprudence —The Next Step.” Columbia Law Review 30(4):431-465.
Llewellyn,
Karl N. 1931.
“Some Realism About Realism: Responding to Dean Pound.” Harvard Law
Review 44(8):1222-1264.
Mehrotra,
Ajay K. 2001.
“Law and the ‘Other’: Karl N. Llewellyn, Cultural Anthropology, and the
Legacy of the Cheyenne Way.” Review Essay. Law and Social Inquiry 26(3):741-775.
[at the publisher's site]
 Parsons,
Talcott. 1962. "Hurst's
Law and Social Process in U.S. History." [review article]. Journal
of the History of Ideas 23:558-65.
Parsons,
Talcott. 1964. "Evolutionary
Universals in Society." American Sociological Review 29(3):339-357.
Parsons,
Talcott. 1977. "Law
as an Intellectual Stepchild." Sociological Inquiry 47(3-4):11–58.
[at the publisher's site]
Parsons,
Talcott. 1977. "Roberto
Mangabeira Unger, Law in Modern Society." [review article]. Law and
Society Review 12:145-49.
Evan,
William M. 1959. “Power,
Bargaining, and Law: A Preliminary Analysis of Labor Arbitration Cases.”
Social Problems 7(1):4-15.
Evan,
William M. 1961. “Organization
Man and Due Process of Law.” American Sociological Review 26(4):540-547.
Mayhew,
Leon. 1968. “The
Sociology of Law.” Pp. 171—183 in American Sociology: Perspectives,
Problems, Methods, edited by Talcott Parsons. New York: Basic Books. [at
Deep Blue at the University of Michigan]
Mayhew,
Leon and Albert J. Reiss, Jr. 1969. "The
Social Organization of Legal Contacts." American Sociological Review
34(3):309-318. [at Deep Blue
at the University of Michigan]
Rocher,
Guy. 1989. “Le
Droit et la Sociologie du Droit chez Talcott Parsons.” Sociologie et
Societes 21:143-163. [at Les
classiques des sciences sociales]
Trevino,
A. Javier. 2008. Introduction.
In Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge
Scholars Publishing. [
at the publisher]
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