ABSTRACT
Living Law presents a comprehensive overview of relationships between legal and social theory, and of current approaches to the sociological study of legal ideas. It explores the nature of legal theory and sociolegal studies today as teaching and research fields, and the work of many of the major sociolegal theorists. In addition, it sets out the author's distinctive approach to sociological analysis of law, applying this in a range of studies in specific legal fields, such as the law of contract, property and trusts, constitutional analysis, and comparative law.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|53 pages
The Scope of Legal Inquiry
part Two|109 pages
Sociolegal Theory and Theorists
part Three|145 pages
Interpreting Legal Ideas Sociologically
part Four|68 pages
Law, Morality, Community