Record Nr.

UNINA9910451454203321

Autore

Ross Hamish

Titolo

Law as a social institution / / Hamish Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2001

ISBN

1-84113-231-4

1-4725-6235-6

1-280-80125-5

9786610801251

1-84731-240-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Legal theory today

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

Critical legal studies

Social action

Sociological jurisprudence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; General Editor's Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; Note on Abbreviations; 1. An Opportunity to Reflect; 2. Max Weber's Science of Social Action; 3. Hart's Nucleic Expository Theory; 4. Three Gordian Knots; 5. Perspectives Redefined; 6. ""Reductionism"" Reassessed; 7. Relationality Reconsidered; 8. Towards a Critical Legal Positivism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book develops the rudiments of a sociological perspective on state law and legal theory. It outlines a distinctive approach to theoretical enquiry that offers an improved understanding of law as a social and institutional phenomenon. The book draws upon Max Weber's sociological and juristic writings as a context in which to explore themes arising or selectively developed from a critical reassessment of key aspects of H.L.A. Hart's theory of law. The discussion initially centres around three problematical areas or 'Gordian Knots': essentially weaknesses in the analytical nucleus of The Concept of Law,matters of misplaced emphasis and other elements that, it is

argued, have obscured fundamental aspects of a perceived social reality. Using the critique as a point of departure the book explores key issues that Hart merely touched upon or seemingly passed over: the role of the (sociologically inclined) jurist, the defensibility of an 'institutional insider's' perspective, the institutional behavioural dimension of the legal world, and the relational and social power dynamics of law-affected human behaviour."--Bloomsbury Publishing.