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Print Price: $129.99

Format:
Paperback
256 pp.
1 table (b/w), 6" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195429800

Copyright Year:
2011

Imprint: OUP Canada


Law and Society Redefined

George Pavlich

Series : Themes in Canadian Sociology

Written by one of Canada's most prominent socio-legal scholars, Law and Society Redefined is a comprehensive introduction to law and society. Drawing on the foundational contributions of such prominent social theorists as Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Michel Foucault, author George Pavlich uses social theory to explore the relationship between law and society. With extensive coverage of many of the most important topics in socio-legal studies, including morality, race, gender, and violence, the text questions the traditional definition of the 'sociology of law' to determine how the field has developed, while also examining the ideas and critiques that might redefine it in the future.

Readership : Law and Society Redefined is a core text for sociology of law courses offered out of sociology departments at the second-, third-, and fourth-year levels.

Reviews

  • "The main strength of [Law and Society Redefined] is the extensiveness of its coverage of theories of law, society, and law and society. It begins with natural law and culminates in Derridean deconstruction. The other main strength is the way it introduces each chapter with a concrete case study (e.g. apartheid law prohibiting mixed marriages, a case of domestic violence, imposition of the War Measures Act), and then explores what each of the theories canvassed in that chapter can contribute to our understanding of that case. I found this very effective, and could easily see how to structure a lecture around this structure."

    --David Howes, Concordia University

Introduction
Part I: Law Sui Generis
1. Classical Natural Law
2. Natural Law Theory: Morality and Law
3. Positing Law
4. Realizing Sociological Jurisprudence
Part II: Society Sui Generis
5. Durkheim Socializes the Law
6. Law, Ideology, and Revolutionary Social Change
7. Max Weber, Modern Disenchantment, and the Rationalization of Law
8. Critical Confrontations: Law, Race, Gender, and Class
Part III: Promising Justice: The Becoming of Law and Society
9. Michel Foucault: The Power of Law and Society
10. Contested Sovereignties, Violence, and Law
11. Just Events: Law and Society
Conclusion: After Law and Society?

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George Pavlich is a professor of law and sociology at the University of Alberta. His research interests include social theory and law, socio-legal studies, governance, restorative justice, and theories of crime. In addition to authoring Law and Society Redefined, he has also co-edited (with Myra Hird) Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives (OUP, 2007).

Questioning Sociology - Edited by Myra J. Hird and George Pavlich

Special Features

  • Canadian and international perspectives. This indigenous text features a significant amount of Canadian content throughout, ensuring that the material is relevant to students in this country, while also incorporating balanced coverage of international references and examples.
  • Historical foundation. Traces the origins of law and society as a discipline through coverage of such classical theorists as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Grotius, helping students understand law in relation to historical social contexts.
  • Social theory. Discusses the major contributions of such essential social theorists as Durkheim and Marx, ensuring students are exposed to the formative ideas in the sociological study of law.
  • Engaging legal case studies. Relevant and contemporary case studies throughout show theory in action, reinforcing and illuminating key ideas.
  • Strong pedagogical program. Pre-reading questions, discussion questions, key terms bolded at first use, concluding reflections, and lists of further readings and relevant websites aid in student comprehension of complex concepts.