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The Sociology Of Law And The Global Transformation Of Democracy

By Chris Thornhill

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1107199905, 9781107199903, 1316649067, 9781316649060, 1108196446, 9781108196444
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2979352 bytes)
Series
Global Law Series
Pages
596\597
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Time added
2020-01-14 15:30:06
Democracy: Social AspectsLaw: Political AspectsSociological Jurisprudence

Description

This book provides a new legal-sociological account of contemporary democracy. It is based on a revision of standard positions in democratic theory, reflecting the impact of global legal norms on the institutions of national states. Chris Thornhill argues that the establishment of fully democratic, fully inclusive governance systems in national societies was generally impeded by inner-societal structural factors, and that inclusive patterns of democratic citizenship only evolved on the foundation of global legal norms that were consolidated after 1945. He claims that this process can be best understood through a transposition of key insights of classical legal sociology onto the form of global society. Extensive analysis of select case studies in different regions illustrate these claims. Thornhill offers a sociological theory of global law to explain contemporary processes of democratic integration and institutional formation, and contemporary constructions of citizenship and political rights.

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