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Traditions of studying the social and the legal: A short introduction to the institutional and intellectual development of socio-legal studies

Creutzfeldt, N. (2019) Traditions of studying the social and the legal: A short introduction to the institutional and intellectual development of socio-legal studies. In: Creutzfeldt, N. and Mason, M. and McConnachie, K., eds. Routledge Handbook of Socio-Legal Theory and Methods. Routledge, pp. 9-34. ISBN 978-1-138-59290-2. (doi:10.4324/9780429952814-2) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:98329)

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Abstract

In this chapter I trace the development of the field of socio-legal studies over the past 50 years. In a quest for an understanding of how law, culture, and social structures interact, we travel across the globe. The study of socio-legal phenomena opens up an enquiry into a range of spaces to study the intersection between law and society: legal systems, disputing behaviour, decision-making, juries and judges, the role of authorities, and so forth. With a focus on change to institutional history and evolution, I highlight key moments that show how institutions have shaped socio-legal development. In a modest attempt to provide a glimpse of socio-legal studies I divide this chapter into two parts. The first part maps the development of socio-legal studies through national institutions. The second part draws upon lived wisdom of pioneers of the socio-legal movements of our time, sharing stories that usually remain hidden from a general audience. It is important for the continuing development of scholarly knowledge for the field to consider its history and to explore motivations, struggles and journeys into the socio-legal situation today. © 2020 selection and editorial matter, Naomi Creutzfeldt, Marc Mason and Kirsten McConnachie; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.4324/9780429952814-2
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Sian Robertson
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2022 11:50 UTC
Last Modified: 08 Dec 2022 12:30 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98329 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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