Overview

In this insightful collection, a broad range of scholars analyzes a core issue for socio-legal studies, what is understood by the 'socio' of the 'socio-legal'. Drawing from legal theory, cultural studies, and social policy, the collection's wide scope of themes and topics provides an important stock-take and analysis of the socio-legal field.

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Author:   Dermot Feenan
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.653kg
ISBN:  

9780230337183

ISBN 10:   023033718
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   30 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies; Dermot Feenan.- 2. What Makes a Social Science of Law? Doubling the Social in Socio-Legal Studies; Susan S. Silbey.- 3. The Contested Social; John Clarke.- 4. Law, Ethics and Socio-history: The Case of Freedom; Alan Norrie.- 5. De Lege Ferenda: What is the 'Socio' of Legal Reasoning?; Panu Minkkinen.- 6. Reimagining the Humanities: Socio-Legal Scholarship in an Age of Disenhancement; Julia J.A. Shaw .- 7. Transnational Legal Processes and the (Re)construction of the 'Social: The Case of Human Trafficking; David Nelken.- 8. Addressing a 'Globalised Social': Mobilization of Law in Global Networks with Reference to Biofuel Production in Indonesia; Jacqueline Vel and Adriaan Bedner.- 9. Social Practice and Socio-Legal Studies; Hilary Sommerlad.- 10. The Gendered 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies; Rosemary Hunter.- 11. Queer Sociality; Sally R. Munt.- 12. Bringing Society to Law: A Critically Raced Accounting; Francisco Valdes.- 13. From Responsible Saver to Stewarded Investor?; Sally Wheeler.

Reviews

"""For those interested in understanding the study of socio and sociolegal studies and beyond, this book is invaluable."" - Reviewed by Aaron R.S. Lorenz, Dean, School of Social Science and Human Services in Law and Society Review"

'The papers assembled in Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies invite us to reflect both critically and imaginatively on what this academic field is really about. The volume includes contributions from a number of the leading socio-legal scholars and takes an important step towards giving a shape to what is still a relatively new field of study. Together the authors demonstrate that socio-legal studies is becoming a distinct discipline by showing that it can identify its subject subject matter and deploy an appropriate methodology to examine and interpret it. At its best the discipline now has the potential to take us deeper in our understanding not only of the nature of law but also of society itself.' - Marina Kurkchiyan, Senior Fellow in Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, UK

Author Information

Dermot Feenan is a Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Portsmouth, UK.

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