03018nam 2200721Ia 450 991045515590332120200520144314.01-135-24845-11-282-25667-X97866122566770-203-87125-1(CKB)1000000000773676(EBL)446944(OCoLC)443032775(SSID)ssj0000264496(PQKBManifestationID)11237386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264496(PQKBWorkID)10283483(PQKB)10506054(MiAaPQ)EBC446944(PPN)151102147(Au-PeEL)EBL446944(CaPaEBR)ebr10326794(CaONFJC)MIL225667(OCoLC)437143268(EXLCZ)99100000000077367620090227d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding law and society[electronic resource] /Max TraversNew York Routledge20091 online resource (229 p.)Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."A GlassHouse book."0-415-43033-X 0-415-43032-1 Includes bibliographical references.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Classical thinkers; Chapter 3 The consensus tradition; Chapter 4 Critical perspectives; Chapter 5 Feminism and law; Chapter 6 The interpretive tradition; Chapter 7 Postmodernism and difference; Chapter 8 Legal pluralism and globalisation; Chapter 9 Conclusion; REFERENCES; IndexThis textbook on the sociology of law is organised according to the theoretical traditions of sociology, and oriented towards providing an accessible, but sophisticated, introduction to, and overview of, the central themes, problems and debates in this field. The book employs an international range of examples - including the state, minority rights, terrorism, family violence, the legal profession, pornography, mediation, religious tolerance, and euthanasia - in order to distinguish a sociological approach to law from 'black-letter', jurisprudential and empirical policy-oriented traditions.Sociological jurisprudenceLawPhilosophyLawInterpretation and constructionPostmodernismLegal polycentricityElectronic books.Sociological jurisprudence.LawPhilosophy.LawInterpretation and construction.Postmodernism.Legal polycentricity.340.115340/.115Travers Max145781MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455155903321Understanding law and society2264244UNINA