{"product_id":"classic-writings-in-law-and-society-1","title":"Classic Writings in Law and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003econsists of outstanding essays by contemporary scholars and specialists on classic writings in law and society. This second edition expands the previous volume by adding additional statements. Included are commentaries on Edward A. Ross's \u003cem\u003eSocial Control: A Survey of the Foundations of Order\u003c\/em\u003e, Karl N. Llewellyn's \u003cem\u003eJurisprudence: Realism in Theory and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, Jerome Frank's \u003cem\u003eLaw and the Modern Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Leon Petrazycki's \u003cem\u003eLaw and Morality\u003c\/em\u003e, and Karl Renner's \u003cem\u003eThe Institutions of Private Law and their Social Functions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal of \u003cem\u003eClassic Writings in Law and Society\u003c\/em\u003e is to acquaint a new generation of students with classic writings by diverse social and legal scholars—ranging from Henry Sumner Maine, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Hans Kelsen to Eugen Ehrlich, Nicholas S. Timasheff, and Richard Quinney. This work continues to demonstrate their contemporary theoretical relevance. Accordingly, each chapter speaks of the scholars' work in general, how the particular book under consideration fits into that corpus, and how the book is assessed in a present day context. These essays have a clear relation to the \"classic\" tradition in sociolegal thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading the classics is useful in gaining a better understanding and appreciation of the essential foundation for a post-classic approach in law and social inquiry—an approach that can be found in such orientations as critical legal studies, chaos theory in law, and legal semiotics. \u003cem\u003eClassic Writings in Law and Society\u003c\/em\u003e includes commentaries that consider early writings that set the standard for the social scientific approach in examining issues of law and punishment, social control, joint stock companies, business firms and nation-states in the study of law and society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262664692056,"sku":"9781412811422","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412811422.jpg?v=1779341451","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/classic-writings-in-law-and-society-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}