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  2. Sociology of law - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of law, legal sociology, or law and society, is often described as a sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies. [1] Some see sociology of law as belonging "necessarily" to the field of sociology, [ 2 ] but others tend to consider it a field of research caught up between the disciplines of ...

  3. Law - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of law examines the interaction of law with society and overlaps with jurisprudence, philosophy of law, social theory and more specialised subjects such as criminology. [214] [215] It is a transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary study focused on the theorisation and empirical study of legal practices and experiences as social ...

  4. Due process - Wikipedia

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    By the 28 Ed. 3, c. 3, there the words lex terrae, which are used in Mag. Char. are explained by the words, due process of law; and the meaning of the statute is, that all commitments must be by a legal authority; and the law of Parliament is as much a law as any, nay, if there be any superiority this is a superior law.

  5. Eugen Ehrlich - Wikipedia

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    Ehrlich was born in Czernowitz (now Chernivtsi) in the Duchy of Bukovina, at that time a province of the Austro-Hungarian empire.Ehrlich studied law in Lemberg, then in Vienna, where he taught and practised as a lawyer before returning to Czernowitz to teach at the university there, a bastion of Germanic culture at the eastern edge of the Empire.

  6. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [1]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.

  7. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of law refers to both a sub-discipline of sociology and an approach within the field of legal studies. Sociology of law is a diverse field of study that examines the interaction of law with other aspects of society, such as the development of legal institutions and the effect of laws on social change and vice versa.

  8. Inverse care law - Wikipedia

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    The inverse care law is the principle that the availability of good medical or social care tends to vary inversely with the need of the population served. [1] Proposed by Julian Tudor Hart in 1971, the term has since been widely adopted. [2] It is considered a landmark publication in the history of The Lancet. [3]

  9. Duty of care - Wikipedia

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    The duty of care may be imposed by operation of law between individuals who have no current direct relationship (familial or contractual or otherwise) but eventually become related in some manner, as defined by common law (meaning case law). Duty of care may be considered a formalisation of the social contract, the established and implicit ...