1st Edition
Thinking About Law Perspectives on the history, philosophy and sociology of law
268 Pages
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Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
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There is more to law than rules, robes and precedents. Rather, law is an integral part of social practices and policies, as diverse and complex as society itself. Thinking About Law offers a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which law has been presented and represented. It explores historical, sociological, economic and philosophical perspectives on the major legal and political debates... Read more
Acknowledgments
Tables and figures
Contributors
Introduction - Rosemary Hunter, Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
PART ONE
1 Law and history in black and white - Penelope Mathew, Rosemary Hunter and Hilary Charlesworth
PART TWO
2 Themes in liberal legal and constitutional theory - David Wood, Rosemary Hunter and Richard Ingleby
3 Economic and sociological approaches to law - Richard Johnstone
4 Objecting to objectivity: the radical challenge to legal liberalism - Gerry J. Simpson and Hilary Charlesworth
PART THREE
5 Explaining law reform - Rosemary Hunter and Richard Johnstone
6 Invocation and enforcement of legal rules - Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
7 Judicial decision making - Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Tables and figures
Contributors
Introduction - Rosemary Hunter, Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
PART ONE
1 Law and history in black and white - Penelope Mathew, Rosemary Hunter and Hilary Charlesworth
PART TWO
2 Themes in liberal legal and constitutional theory - David Wood, Rosemary Hunter and Richard Ingleby
3 Economic and sociological approaches to law - Richard Johnstone
4 Objecting to objectivity: the radical challenge to legal liberalism - Gerry J. Simpson and Hilary Charlesworth
PART THREE
5 Explaining law reform - Rosemary Hunter and Richard Johnstone
6 Invocation and enforcement of legal rules - Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
7 Judicial decision making - Richard Ingleby and Richard Johnstone
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
All three editors teach in the Law School at the University of Melbourne. ROSEMARY HUNTER is the author of Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace (1992); RICHARD INGLEBY is a Senior Associate with Gadens Ridgeway and the author of Family Law and Society (1993); and RICHARD JOHNSTONE is co-author with M. Le Brun of The Quiet (R)evolution (1994).
