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Informationen zum Autor Denis Galligan is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He teaches law and society, administrative law and legal and social theory. Klappentext A succinct, clear, and accessible introduction to the role and place of law in modern society, this addition to the 'Clarendon Law Series' explores the idea that the legal system is a highly developed social system, which has a distinct character and structure, and which shapes and influences behaviour. Zusammenfassung A succinct! clear! and accessible introduction to the role and place of law in modern society! this addition to the 'Clarendon Law Series' explores the idea that the legal system is a highly developed social system! which has a distinct character and structure! and which shapes and influences behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Setting the bounds of law in modern society 2: Approaches to law in society 3: Law as social rules 4: Law prior to rules 5: Law as a system of rules 6: Social spheres 7: The reception of law 8: Law and coercion 9: Legal pluralism: parallel legal orders 10: Extended legal pluralism: informal legal orders 11: Does law have social functions? 12: The social value of law 13: Forms of modern legal orders 14: Social foundations of the modern legal form 15: Implementation and the architecture of law 16: Implementation: the legal and social environment 17: Change through the law: the contours of compliance
