The Oldest Social Science? : Configurations of Law and Modernity
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
ISBN-10
019826559X
ISBN-13
9780198265597
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 10th, 1997
Print length
284 Pages
Weight
460 grams
Dimensions
22.40 x 14.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Politics & governmentJurisprudence & philosophy of lawSystems of law
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This book challenges the assumption that the post-war period is hallmarked by the triumph of the rule of law. The author focuses on adjudication as a social practice and as a set of governmental techniques. He explores how the relationship between law, government and society has changed in the course of history.
This book looks critically at some of the underlying assumptions which shape our current understanding of the role and purpose of law and society. It focuses on adjudication as a social practice and as a set of governmental techniques. From this vantage point, it explores how the relationship between law, government and society has changed in the course of history in significant ways. At the centre of the argument is the elaboration of the notion of `adjudicative government''. From this perspective it is argued that the relationship between law and society must be conceived in a different way in the era of economics, sociology and statistics. The impact of these disciplines both constitutes `modernity'' and unfolds a different role for law. The author argues that the traditional vision of the role of law, rooted in a complex set of hierarchical assumptions, is no longer adequate.
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