Powers of Law - A Comparative Analysis of Sociopolitical Legal Studies

García-Villegas compares the scholarship on the relationship between law, political power, and society in the United States and France.

List of contents

1. A sociopolitical understanding of law; 2. The symbolic uses of law: at the heart of a political sociology of law; 3. Legal fields and the social sciences in France and the United States; 4. Sociopolitical legal studies in the United States; 5. Sociopolitical legal studies in France; 6. Conclusion: the present and future of sociopolitical legal studies.

About the author

Mauricio García-Villegas is Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI), and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wisconsin, Madison Institute for Legal Studies.

Summary

In each country or culture a certain type of interaction between law, power, and society contributes to the formation of a national legal doctrine, legal practice, and legal scholarship. This is a detailed comparative study of the sociology of law in France and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: GARCIA VILL MAURICI, Mauricio Garcia-Villegas, Mauricio García-Villegas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781108482714
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48271-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; France, LAW / General, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Legal History, United States of America, USA, comparative law, Political science and theory, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general