I found all 16 papers to be of high caliber, clearly written and organized, and this makes for engaging reading. Theory and Methods in Socio-Legal Research will doubtless prove fruitful for use in all courses in sociolegal studies, but particularly in those courses taught in British and American law schools that tend to ignore conceptual and methodological considerations. A. Javier Trevino Law & Society Review Volume 41, Number 2 (2007)
Socio-legal researchers increasingly recognise the need to employ a wide variety of methods in studying law and legal phenomena, and the need to be informed by an understanding of debates about theory and method in mainstream social science. The papers in this volume illustrate how a range of topics, including EU law, ombudsmen, judges, lawyers, Shariah Councils and the quality assurance industry can be researched from a socio-legal perspective. The objective of the collection is to show how different methods can be used in researching law and legal phenomena, how methodological issues and debates in sociology are relevant to the study of law, and the importance of the debate between "structural" and "action" traditions in researching law. It also approaches the methodological problem of how sociology of law can address the content of legal practice from a variety of perspectives and discusses the relationship between pure and applied research. The editors provide a critical introduction to each of the six sections, and a general introduction on law, sociology and method.
The collection will provide an invaluable resource for socio-legal researchers, law school researchers and postgraduates.
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This book illustrates how a range of topics can be researched from a socio-legal perspective.
Introduction
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
1. Law, Sociology and Method
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
SECTION 1: METHOD VERSUS METHODOLOGY
Introduction to Section One
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
2. Ethnography and Socio-Legal Research
John Flood
3. Systems Theory and Qualitative Socio-legal Research
Klaus A Ziegert
SECTION 2: ETHNOGRAPHY AND LAW
Introduction to Section Two
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
4. Courses of Mobilisation: Writing systematic micro-histories of legal discourse
Thomas Scheffer
5. "Standpoint", "Difference" and Feminist Research
Samia Banio
6. Researching Women's Legal Experiences in Botswana: An anthropological perspective
Anne Griffiths
SECTION 3: STUDYING LEGAL TEXTS
Introduction to Section Three
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
7. Studying Cases Empirically: A sociological method for studying discrimination cases in Sweden
Reza Banakar
8. Researching Ombudsmen
Mary Seneviratne
9. Discourse Analysis and the Implementation of a European Directive
Bettina Lange
SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL APPROACHES
Introduction to Section Four
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
10. How to Study the Social and Legal Position of Danish Judges
Ole Hammerslev
11: Changing Maps: Empirical legal autopoesis
John Paterson and Gunther Teubner
SECTION 5: STUDYING LEGAL CULTURES
Introduction to Section Five
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
12. Doing Research into Comparative Criminal Justice
David Nelken
13. Researching Legal Culture in Russia
Marina Kurkchiyan
SECTION 6: SOCIO-LEGAL RESEARCH IN THE UK
Introduction to Section Six
Reza Banakar and Max Travers
14. Constructing a Typology of Administrative Grievances
Michael Adler
15. The Formalisation of Research Ethics
Andrew Boon
16. Evaluation Research and Legal Services
Max Travers
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The papers in this volume illustrate how a range of topics, including EU law, ombudsmen, judges, lawyers, Shariah Councils and the quality assurance industry can be researched from a socio-legal perspective.
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Original research and theory on the relations between law, legal institutions and social processes.
The volumes in this series are eclectic in their disciplines, methodologies and theoretical perspectives, but they all share a strong comparative emphasis. The volumes originate in workshops hosted by the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
Founding Series Editors:
William L F Felstiner
Eve Darian-Smith
Editorial Board:
Carlos Lugo, Hostos Law School, Puerto Rico
Jacek Kurczewski, Warsaw University, Poland
Marie-Claire Foblets, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Ulrike Schultz, Fern Universität, Germany
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781841136264
Publisert
2005-12-19
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Hart Publishing
Vekt
558 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
392