Law as a social institution / Hamish Ross.

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 juristi...

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Main Author: Ross, Hamish
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2001.
Series:Legal theory today.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.