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"Over against such reference volumes as encyclopedias, which are intended to provide an overview and summary of a subject, and dictionaries, which define a series of terms, ""commentaries"" generally consist of a collection of lectures or essays that discuss and explain in some detail particular topics and sources. In law, the best known and oldest of these is William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769). Others, which are equally prominent, include James Kent's Commentaries on American Law (1826) and Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833). This volume is presented in the spirit of the aforementioned treatises. It consists of several essays of contemporary comments and criticisms intended generally to inform and educate. The commentaries in this book have two collective purposes. First and foremost, they are intended to acquaint a new generation of students with thirteen classic books written by diverse sociolegal scholars--ranging from Henry Sumner Maine, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Hans Kelsen to Eugen Ehrlich, Nicholas S. Timasheff, and Richard Quinney. Second, they endeavor to demonstrate the contemporary theoretical relevance, the continuing legacy, of these classic writings. Accordingly, the commentaries discuss each of the scholars' work in general, how the particular book under consideration fits into that corpus, and how the book is assessed in a contemporary context. Singly and collectively these books have a clear relation to the ""classic"" tradition in thought--a tradition that, although not always acknowledged, is of great significance to current theorizing in law and society. The classic tradition represents those books that have come to be considered the foundational texts in the social scientific study of law. The commentaries collected here were written by some of today's leading scholars of law and society, including Piers Beirne, Dario Melossi, Kalus A. Zigert, Alan Hunt, Marshall B. Clinard, and Dragan Milovanovic."

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Author:   A. Javier Trevino
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781412806114

ISBN 10:   1412806119
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   15 December 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Foundational Works in Law, Punishment, and Society; 1: On Henry Sumner Maine, Ancient Law; 2: On Gabriel Tarde, Penal Philosophy; 3: On Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer, Punishment and Social Structure; 2: Law as a Social Phenomenon; 4: On Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Common Law; 5: On Roscoe Pound, Social Control through Law; 3: The Sociology of Law; 6: On Eugen Ehrlich, Fundamental Principles of the Sociology of Law; 7: On Georges Gurvitch, Sociology of Law; 8: On Nicholas S. Timasheff, An Introduction to the Sociology of Law; 4: Juristic Entities in the Study of Law and Society; 9: On Marshall B. Clinard and Peter C. Yeager, Corporate Crime; 10: On Hans Kelsen, General Theory of Law and State; 5: Critical Perspectives on Law, Crime, and Society; 11: On Richard Quinney, The Social Reality of Crime; 12: On Evgeny B. Pashukanis, The General Theory of Law and Marxism; 13: On Richard Quinney, Critique of Legal Order

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The essays in this collection will help a new generation of law and social science students engage with classic thinkers like Maine, Tarde, and Ehrlich, and understand their relevance to current theories and debates. <i>--Max Travers, School of Sociology, University of Tasmania</i> This collection of essays, written by some of the leading experts in contemporary sociolegal studies, should prove especially helpful in the teaching of law and society scholarship today so that the generations of tomorrow, too, will be knowledgeable about and inspired by the foundational works to which any serious scholarship must always be indebted. <i>--Mathieu Deflem, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina</i> Students of law and society need the deep perspective on the whole sociolegal field that can be gained only by engaging seriously with its rich theoretical heritage. This book provides a valuable and timely critical introduction to many of the great classics that have shaped the traditions of this exciting research area. <i>--Roger Cotterrell, Department of Law, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London</i>

The essays in this collection will help a new generation of law and social science students engage with classic thinkers like Maine, Tarde, and Ehrlich, and understand their relevance to current theories and debates. --Max Travers, School of Sociology, University of Tasmania This collection of essays, written by some of the leading experts in contemporary sociolegal studies, should prove especially helpful in the teaching of law and society scholarship today so that the generations of tomorrow, too, will be knowledgeable about and inspired by the foundational works to which any serious scholarship must always be indebted. --Mathieu Deflem, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina Students of law and society need the deep perspective on the whole sociolegal field that can be gained only by engaging seriously with its rich theoretical heritage. This book provides a valuable and timely critical introduction to many of the great classics that have shaped the traditions of this exciting research area. --Roger Cotterrell, Department of Law, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

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