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.

Table des matières

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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: GARCIA VILL MAURICI, Mauricio Garcia-Villegas, Mauricio García-Villegas
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781108482714
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48271-4
• Pages: 238
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; 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