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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 law and sociology. [3]
Law & Society Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of law and society, which is part of the larger field known as the sociology of law. It was established by the Law and Society Association in 1966 and is published by Cambridge University Press. [1] Prior to 2024, it was published by Wiley-Blackwell. It has four issues per ...
In accumulation process, law is learned from range of various sources. In "the identification process", attitudes and values of significant adults are absorbed in a natural psychological process wherein a tendency to adopt beliefs with whom one identifies and is socially bonded makes the impact.
In 2017 Professor Yong-Shik Lee published the General Theory of Law and Development , the first major theory in law and development that defines the disciplinary parameters of law and development and explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development ("the regulatory impact mechanisms"). The General Theory has been adopted to explain the ...
Law, Custom, and Social Order: The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia. New York: Cambridge University Press. Merry, Sally Engle. 1988. "Legal Pluralism". Law & Society Review 22: 869-896; Sierra, Maria Teresa. 1995. "Indian Rights and Customary Law in Mexico: A Study of the Nahuas in the Sierra de Puebla". Law & Society Review 29(2):227-254.
Law in Modern Society: Toward a Criticism of Social Theory is a 1976 book by philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger.In the book, Unger uses the rise and decline of the rule of law as a vehicle to explore certain problems in social theory.
Law and Human Behavior is a bimonthly academic journal published by the American Psychology–Law Society. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews, and meta-analyses on how the law, legal system, and legal process relate to human behavior, particularly legal psychology and forensic psychology .
The rule of law is a political ideal that all people and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders. [2] [3] It is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law". [4] The term rule of law is closely related to constitutionalism as well as Rechtsstaat. It refers to a ...