Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Sociology of Law and the Intersystemic Openness of Legal Systems -- 1 The Transplanetary Journey of a Legal Sociologist -- 2 The Growth of Legal Transnationalism -- 3 A Comm…
This volume provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies with particular attention focused on the concept of 'structural coupling'. The first part of the book presents a reconstruction of theoretical tendencies in the field of socio-legal studies, characte…
With contributions from experts in the field of sociology of law, this book provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies. It focuses particularly on the relationship between law and society described in recent social systems theory as 'structural coupling'…
This volume provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies with particular attention focused on the concept of 'structural coupling'. The first part of the book presents a reconstruction of theoretical tendencies in the field of socio-legal studies, characte…