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A theoretical and sociological exploration of the connection among legislation and society, this publication constructs an method of legislations that integrates criminal concept with sociological techniques to legislation. legislation is mostly understood to be a reflect of society--a mirrored image of its customs and morals--that services to take care of social order. targeting this universal realizing, the ebook conducts a survey of Western criminal and social theories approximately legislation and its dating inside of society, conducting a theoretical and empirical critique of this universal knowing.
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International Advisory Board: John Braithwaite (Australian National University); Robert Cooler (University of California-Berkeley); Bryant Garth (American Bar Foundation); Volkmar Gessner (University of Bremen); Vittorio Olgiati (University of Milan); Martin Partington (University of Bristol). Oxford Socio-Legal Studies is a series of books exploring the role of law in society for both an academic and a wider readership. The series publishes theoretical and empirically-informed work, from the United Kingdom and elsewhere, by social scientists and lawyers which advances understanding of the social reality of law and legal processes.
I) Oxford Socio-Legal Studies OXFORD SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES A GENERAL JURISPRUDENCE OF LAW AND SOCIETY General Editor: Keith Hawkins, Reader in Law and Society, and Fellow and Tutor in Law of Oriel College, Oxford. Editorial Board: John Baldwin. Director of the Institute of Judicial Administration. University of Birmingham: William L. F. Felstiner, Professor. Law and Society Program. University of California-Santa Barbara: Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford: Sally Lloyd-Bostock, Reader in Socio-Legal Studies.
Professor of Law. London School of Economics and Political Science. International Advisory Board: John Braithwaite (Australian National University); Robert Cooler (University of California-Berkeley); Bryant Garth (American Bar Foundation); Volkmar Gessner (University of Bremen); Vittorio Olgiati (University of Milan); Martin Partington (University of Bristol). Oxford Socio-Legal Studies is a series of books exploring the role of law in society for both an academic and a wider readership. The series publishes theoretical and empirically-informed work, from the United Kingdom and elsewhere, by social scientists and lawyers which advances understanding of the social reality of law and legal processes.