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A COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND LEGAL THEORY, 2ND EDITION, Dennis Patterson, ed., Blackwell Publishers, 2009
25 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last revised: 24 Feb 2009
Date Written: February 17, 2009
Abstract
This essay provides a concise overview of "Law and Society" which covers historical and contemporary thought on the subject. The sections of the essay are: A mirror of society that functions to maintain social order; law as social ordering; the institutional form of law; the semi-autonomy of legal knowledge and processes; legal pluralism; law and society in the twenty-first century-law as an instrument.
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Tamanaha, Brian Z., Law and Society (February 17, 2009). A COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND LEGAL THEORY, 2ND EDITION, Dennis Patterson, ed., Blackwell Publishers, 2009, St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-0167, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1345204
Brian Z. Tamanaha (Contact Author)
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law ( email )
Campus Box 1120
St. Louis, MO 63130
United States
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