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  2. Sociology of law - Wikipedia

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    Although law is an essential ingredient of the process of globalization - and important studies of law and globalization were already conducted in the 1990s by, for example, Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth [117] and Volkmar Gessner [118] - law's importance for creating and maintaining the globalization processes are often neglected within the ...

  3. Conflict theories - Wikipedia

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    Conflict theories are perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement, while also emphasizing social psychology, historical materialism, power dynamics, and their roles in creating power structures, social movements, and social arrangements within a society.

  4. Institutional theory - Wikipedia

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    In sociology and organizational studies, institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemes, rules, norms, and routines, become established as authoritative guidelines for social behavior. [ 1 ]

  5. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    The general theory of crime refers to the proposition by Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi (1990) that the main factor in criminal behaviour is the individual's lack of self-control. [50] [51] Theorists who do not distinguish the differences that exist between criminals and noncriminals are considered to be classical or control ...

  6. Eugen Ehrlich - Wikipedia

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    For example, commercial usage and custom may develop and be recognized and respected by courts of law and other agencies as having normative force and legal significance. Ehrlich claimed that the living law that regulates social life may be very different from the norms for decision applied by courts, and may sometimes attract far greater ...

  7. Contact hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Differences in academic backgrounds, wealth, skill, or experiences should be minimized if these qualities will influence perceptions of prestige and rank in the group. Common goals. Both groups must work on a problem/task and share this as a common goal, sometimes called a superordinate goal, a goal that can only be attained if the members of ...

  8. Rational-legal authority - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, the concept of rational-legal domination comes from Max Weber's tripartite classification of authority (one of several classifications of government used by sociologists); the other two forms being traditional authority and charismatic authority. All of those three domination types represent an example of his ideal type concept ...

  9. Donald Black (sociologist) - Wikipedia

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    Since pure sociology is a general sociological paradigm, it may be applied to subjects other than law, conflict, and conflict management—for example, art, [1] religion, [2] and ideas. [ 3 ] Black died on January 30, 2024.