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Law and Society
In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. pp. 368–380 (1996)
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This chapter contains sections titled: A Mirror of Society that Functions to Maintain Social Order Law as Social Ordering The Institutional Form of Law The Semiautonomy of Legal Knowledge and Processes Legal Pluralism Law and Society in the Twenty‐First Century–Law as an Instrument References.Author's Profile
law and society ‐ potentially boundless subject in United States, “law and society”‐ back to sociological jurisprudence and legal realism of early twentieth century mirror of society ‐ functioning to maintain social order paramount function of law ‐ regulating and constraining behavior of individuals in relationships with one another that law mirrors society ‐ what makes law effective and legitimate in functioning to maintain social order law as social ordering institutional form of law gap between officially declared norms (the “positive law”) and what legal officials actually do image of legal system ‐ to enforce norms, missing important aspects of underlying reality law and society scholars ‐ paying attention to legal pluralism
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