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Foucault and the Law: Towards a Sociology of Law As Governance (Law and Social Theory)

By Alan Hunt , Gary Wickham

Book information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0745308414, 9780745308418
LCC
K230.F682 H86 1994
Open Library ID
OL1102792M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1775627 bytes)
Pages
78\78
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This work introduces Michel Foucault's ideas on law to both graduate and undergraduate students, making no assumptions of prior reading of his work. It offers a brief overview of the significance and implications of Foucault's corpus of work before providing an exposition of his thought on law. The discussion is organized around a number of themes that run through Foucault's writings, particularly his tendency to counterpoise law and modernity, viewing law as associated with pre-modern political forms. The book concludes with an exploration of the sociology of governance as applied to law, drawing on the work of Durkheim and Weber as well as on Foucault's own material.

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