Law and Society in Transition - Toward Responsive Law

Explains the primary forms of law as a social, political and normative phenomenon. The authors illustrate the fundamental difference between repressive law, riddled with raw conflict and the accommodation of special interests, and responsive law, the reasoned effort to realize an ideal of polity.

List of contents

I: Jurisprudence and Social Science; II: Repressive Law; III: Autonomous Law; IV: Responsive Law

About the author

Philip Selznick, Philippe Nonet, Robert A. Kagan

Summary

Explains the primary forms of law as a social, political and normative phenomenon. The authors illustrate the fundamental difference between repressive law, riddled with raw conflict and the accommodation of special interests, and responsive law, the reasoned effort to realize an ideal of polity.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A Kagan, Robert A. Kagan, Philippe Nonet, Philip Selznick
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2001
• EAN: 9781138526952
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52695-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous