Law in modern society / D.J. Galligan.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Sociological jurisprudence.

1. Setting the bounds of law-and-society --2. Approaches to law in society --3. Law as social rules --4. Law prior to rules --5. Law as a system of rules --6. Social spheres --7. The reception of law --8. Law and coercion --9. Legal pluralism : parallel legal orders --10. Extended legal pluralism : informal legal orders --11. Does law have social functions? --12. The social value of law --13. Form of modern legal orders --14. Social foundations of modern legal form --15. Implementation and the architecture of law --16. Implementation : the legal and social environment --17. Change through law : the contours of compliance.

Galligan considers how legal theory, and particularly Hart's The Concept of Law, has developed the idea of law as a highly developed social system, which has a distinctive character and structure, and which shapes and influence's people's behaviour. The concept of law as a distinct social phenomenon is examined through reference to and analysis of the work of prominent legal and social theorists, in particular Weber, Durkheim, and Luhmann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199269785

xi, 380 p. ; 23 cm