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Law As a Social Institution (Legal Theory Today)

By Hamish Ross

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
1841132306, 9781841132303, 9781847312402
Open Library ID
OL8918158M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
607 kB (622057 bytes)
Pages
144\192
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book develops the rudiments of a sociological perspective on state law and legal theory drawing upon Max Weber's writings to explore themes arising from a critical reassessment of H.L.A. Hart's theory of law. The discussion centres around three weaknesses in the analytical nucleus of The Concept of Law which have obscured fundamental aspects of a perceived social reality. The book explores key issues that Hart merely touched upon or seemingly passed over: the role of the jurist, the defensibility of an 'institutional insider's' perspective, the institutional behavioural dimension of the legal world, and the relational and social power dynamics of law-affected human behaviour.

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