Readership: Scholars and advanced students of law and sociology.
Edited by Michael Freeman, Professor of English Law, University College London
Michael Freeman: Law and Sociology Roger Cotterrell: From "Living Law" to the "Death of the Social" - Sociology in Legal Theory Richard Nobles and David Schiff: A Sociology of Jurisprudence John Griffiths: The Idea of Sociology of Law and Its Relation To Law and To Sociology Hamish Ross: The Pure Theory of Law and Interpretive Sociology or A Basis for Interdisciplinarity Julian Webb: When 'Law and Sociology' is not Enough: Transdisciplinarity and the Problem of Complexity Bettina Lange: Social dynamics of regulatory interactions: An exploration of three sociological perspectives Daphne Barak-Erez: Law in Society: A Unifying Power or a Source of Conflict? Iain Stewart: The Use of Law Dennis Patterson: Notes on the Methodology Debate in Contemporary Jurisprudence: Why Sociologists Might Be Interested? Krzysztof Motyka: Law and Sociology: The Petrazyckian Perspective Tim Murphy: Durkheim in China Madalena Duarte: When The Law is Emancipatory: The Power of Law in the Social Movements' Struggles Joseph Saunders: Law, Norma and Lay Tribunals: Economics, Sociology and the Re-emergence of Norms in the Study of Law Janne Pölönen: Sociology of Roman Law Lawrence Friedman: The Place of Legal Culture in the Sociology of Law Katerina Sideri: The European Commission, Phronetic Judgement and the Regulation of Computer-Implemented Inventions by Patent Law David Hirsh: Cosmopolitan Law: Agency and Narrative Robert van Krieken: The Socio-Legal Construction of the 'Best Interest of the Child': Law's Autonomy, Sociology and Family Law Helen Reece: From Parental Responsibility to Parenting Responsibility Bogumila Puchalska: Social perceptions of Law After Communism Issachar Rosen-Zvi: 'Pigs in Space': Geographic Separation in Multicultural Societies Mohamed S. Wahab: Cultural Globalization and Public Policy: Exclusion of Law In The Global Village James Marshall: Are Small-Town Lawyers Positivist About the Law? Vincenzo Ferrari: Sociology of Law for Legal Education: Italian Experiences