European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law by Gessner, Volkmar

European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781841137780)

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European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law by Gessner, Volkmar

European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law

$58.95
European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law by Gessner, Volkmar

European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law

$58.95
Format: Paperback
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Can there be such a thing as a European sociology of law? The uncertainties which arise when attempting to answer that straightforward question are the subject of this book, which also overlaps into comparative law, legal history, and legal philosophy. The richness of approaches reflected in the essays (including comparisons with the US) makes this volume a courageous attempt to show the present state of socio- legal studies in Europe and map directions for its future development. Certainly we already know something about the existence of differences in the use and meaning of law within and between the nation states and groups that make up the European Union. They concern the role of judges and lawyers, the use of courts, patterns of delay, contrasts in penal 'sensibilities', or the meanings of underlying legal and social concepts. Still, similarities in 'legal culture' are at least as remarkable in societies at roughly similar levels of political and economic development. The volume should serve as a needed stimulus to a research agenda aimed at uncovering commonalities and divergences in European ways of approaching the law.

Author: Volkmar Gessner
ISBN-10: 1841137782
ISBN-13: 9781841137780
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2007
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Volkmar Gessner
By Volkmar Gessner
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Volkmar Gessner is Professor of Sociology of Law and Comparative Law at the Law Faculty and Head of Department at the University of Bremen, Germany.

David Nelken is Distinguished Professor of Legal Institutions and Social Change at the University of Macerata, Italy; Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of Wales, Cardiff and Visiting Professor of Law at the London School of Economics, UK. He has been chosen for the 2009 Sellin- Glueck award in criminology, the highest award given by the American Society of Criminology to scholars from outside the USA. He will be presented with the award - for his 'extraordinary record of scholarship' - at the Society's international conference in Philadelphia in November.

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