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020			_a9781472562357
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100	1		_aRoss, Hamish,
245	1	0	_aLaw as a social institution _h[electronic resource] / _cHamish Ross.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 176 pages).
500			_aBloomsbury Pub Ebook
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This book develops the rudiments of a sociological perspective on state law and legal theory. It outlines a distinctive approach to theoretical enquiry that offers an improved understanding of law as a social and institutional phenomenon. The book draws upon Max Weber's sociological and juristic writings as a context in which to explore themes arising or selectively developed from a critical reassessment of key aspects of H.L.A. Hart's theory of law. The discussion initially centres around three problematical areas or 'Gordian Knots': essentially weaknesses in the analytical nucleus of The Concept of Law,matters of misplaced emphasis and other elements that, it is argued, have obscured fundamental aspects of a perceived social reality. Using the critique as a point of departure the book explores key issues that Hart merely touched upon or seemingly passed over: the role of the (sociologically inclined) jurist, the defensibility of an 'institutional insider's' perspective, the institutional behavioural dimension of the legal world, and the relational and social power dynamics of law-affected human behaviour."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
650		0	_aCritical legal studies.
650		0	_aSocial action.
650		0	_aSociological jurisprudence.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781472562357?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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