The Oldest Social Science

Configurations of Law and Modernity
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-19-826559-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Timothy

Murphy, W. T.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre