Merging law and sociology : beyond the dichotomies in socio-legal research / Reza Banakar.
2003
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Title
Merging law and sociology : beyond the dichotomies in socio-legal research / Reza Banakar.
Published
Glienicke, Berlin ; Madison, Wisc. : Galda + Wilch Verlag, 2003.
Call Number
K370 .B362 2003
ISBN
193125513X
Description
xiii, 365 pages ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52504521
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-357) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1
1.
The Problem of misleading Dichotomies
1
2.
The "Inside" and "Outside" of Law
3
3.
What is Special about the Sociology of Law?
9
4.
Institutions of the Sociology of Law
13
5.
Forms of Dichotomy
17
6.
The Layout of the Book
18
7.
The Nordic Debate
20
pt. ONE
The Theoretical State of the Sociology of Law
Introduction to Part One
25
ch. One
The Polarisation of Socio-Legal Research
29
1.
The "Deficiency"
29
2.
Knowledge/Power
33
3.
Theoretical Fragmentation and Discontinuity
35
4.
Conclusions
43
ch. Two
The Inside and Outside of Law
44
1.
Two Approaches
46
2.
Examples
53
3.
The Inside/Outside Dichotomy
64
4.
Epistemological Differences
69
5.
Conclusions
72
ch. Three
Law's Vocabulary
76
1.
Coherence and the Sources of Law
77
2.
Studying the Law From Within
84
3.
Excursus: Law's Images of Society
90
4.
Conclusions
95
ch. Four
Four Challenges to Law
98
1.
Feminism
102
2.
Systems Theory
108
3.
Legal Pluralism
117
4.
Postmodernism
126
5.
Conclusions
132
ch. Five
Reflections on Methodological Issues
137
1.
Institutional Strength
142
2.
The strength of Law
149
3.
Medical Sociology
155
4.
Grasping Law's Truth
166
5.
Conclusions
170
ch. Six
The Reflexive Matrix
171
1.
Interplay of Manifestations of Law
173
2.
Putting the Epistemological Tensions to Use
176
3.
Examples
184
4.
Beyond the Gap
187
5.
Conclusions
188
pt. TWO
Revisiting the Classics
Introduction to Part Two
193
ch. Seven
Sociological Jurisprudence
196
1.
Petrazycki's Intuitive Law
202
2.
Ehrlich's Living Law
211
3.
Beyond the Formal and Informal Law
217
4.
The Spirit of Community or Tribal Cronyism?
221
5.
Conclusions
231
ch. Eight
Integrating Reciprocal Perspectives
234
1.
Gurvitch's Work
238
2.
The Dichotomy of Jural Facts and Values
248
3.
Empirical Relevance of Gurvitch's Theory
255
4.
Conclusions
265
pt. THREE
Toward a Sociological Theory of Legislation
Introduction to Part Three
271
ch. Nine
Comparing Anti-Discrimination Laws
275
1.
Equality Between Women and Men Act
277
2.
Act Against Ethnic Discrimination
285
3.
Social Sources of Anti-Discrimination Acts
296
ch. Ten
Norms of Social Organisation
303
1.
Social Norms and Social Law
304
2.
System and Lifeworld
305
3.
Informal Rules of Social Organisation
308
ch. Eleven
The Social Sources of Law
315
1.
The Role of the Ombudsmen
318
2.
Law, Forms of Legislation and Norms of Organisation
328
3.
Conclusions
336
Bibliography
339
Index
359