Synopses & Reviews
In this insightful collection, a broad range of scholars analyzes a core issue for socio-legal studies, what is understood by the 'socio' of the 'socio-legal'. Drawing from legal theory, cultural studies, and social policy, the collection's wide scope of themes and topics provides an important stock-take and analysis of the socio-legal field.
Synopsis
In this insightful collection, a broad range of scholars analyze a core issue for socio-legal studies, what is understood by the 'socio' of the 'socio-legal'. Drawing from legal theory, cultural studies, and social policy, the collection's wide scope of themes and topics provides an important stock-take and analysis of the socio-legal field.
About the Author
DERMOT FEENAN is a socio-legal scholar who has held university appointments worldwide, including at Columbia, London, Melbourne, and Oxford.
Table of Contents
1. Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies; Dermot Feenan
2. What Makes a Social Science of Law? Doubling the Social in Socio-Legal Studies; Susan S. Silbey
3. The Contested Social; John Clarke
4. Law, Ethics and Socio-history: The Case of Freedom; Alan Norrie
5. De Lege Ferenda: What is the 'Socio' of Legal Reasoning?; Panu Minkkinen
6. Reimagining the Humanities: Socio-Legal Scholarship in an Age of Disenhancement; Julia J.A. Shaw
7. Transnational Legal Processes and the (Re)construction of the 'Social: The Case of Human Trafficking; David Nelken
8. Addressing a 'Globalised Social': Mobilization of Law in Global Networks with Reference to Biofuel Production in Indonesia; Jacqueline Vel and Adriaan Bedner
9. Social Practice and Socio-Legal Studies; Hilary Sommerlad
10. The Gendered 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies; Rosemary Hunter
11. Queer Sociality; Sally R. Munt
12. Bringing Society to Law: A Critically Raced Accounting; Francisco Valdes
13. From Responsible Saver to Stewarded Investor?; Sally Wheeler