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The sociological concept of law

What should sociology of law take as its central subject - matter? What should it treat as ‘law’? The answers are not self-evident but must be the basis of any attempt to develop a sociological theory of law. A wide variety of approaches is advocated in the literature. In studying systematically org...

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Main Author: Cotterrell, Roger; University of London. Queen Mary and Westfield College. Department of Law.
Format: Online
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Published: Facultad de Derecho 2010
Online Access: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refade/article/view/5877
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spelling revistas-unc.article-58772019-03-27T16:32:23Z The sociological concept of law El concepto sociológico de derecho Cotterrell, Roger; University of London. Queen Mary and Westfield College. Department of Law. Concept of Law; Sociology of Law; Institutionalized doctrine Concepto de Derecho; Sociología del Derecho; Doctrina institucionalizada What should sociology of law take as its central subject - matter? What should it treat as ‘law’? The answers are not self-evident but must be the basis of any attempt to develop a sociological theory of law. A wide variety of approaches is advocated in the literature. In studying systematically organized regulatory practices, however, a concept of law as institutionalized doctrine seems particularly useful. This does not restrict law to state law or “lawyers’ law”, but it treats the regulation produced and applied by agencies of the centralized state as the dominant form of contemporary law. Arguments around the concept of law serve as an essential starting point for trying to reinterpret legal theory and the field of law in sociological terms. ¿Cuál debería ser el tema central de la sociología del derecho? ¿Qué debería considerar como “derecho”? Las respuestas a estas preguntas no son autoevidentes, aunque resultan básicas en cualquier intento de desarrollar una teoría sociológica del derecho. En la literatura se encuentra una amplia variedad de enfoques. Al estudiar las prácticas regulatorias sistemáticamente organizadas, sin embargo, un concepto de derecho entendido como doctrina institucionalizada parece particularmente útil. Esto no restringe la noción al derecho del estado o al derecho tal como lo entienden los juristas, aunque trata la regulación producida y aplicada por las agencias del estado centralizado como las formas dominantes del derecho contemporáneo. Las discusiones en torno al concepto de derecho, sirven como un punto de partida esencial para tratar de reinterpretar la teoría jurídica y el campo del derecho en términos sociológicos. Facultad de Derecho 2010-04-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refade/article/view/5877 Revista de la Facultad de Derecho; Vol. 1, Núm. 1 (2010): Nueva Serie II 2314-3061 1850-9371 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refade/article/view/5877/6750 Copyright (c) 2010 Facultad de Derecho. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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The sociological concept of law
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description What should sociology of law take as its central subject - matter? What should it treat as ‘law’? The answers are not self-evident but must be the basis of any attempt to develop a sociological theory of law. A wide variety of approaches is advocated in the literature. In studying systematically organized regulatory practices, however, a concept of law as institutionalized doctrine seems particularly useful. This does not restrict law to state law or “lawyers’ law”, but it treats the regulation produced and applied by agencies of the centralized state as the dominant form of contemporary law. Arguments around the concept of law serve as an essential starting point for trying to reinterpret legal theory and the field of law in sociological terms.
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