Law and Social Theory (2nd
Edition)
Edited by Reza Banakar and Max Travers
There is a growing interest within law
schools in the intersections between law and different areas of social theory.
The second edition of this popular text introduces a wide range of traditions in
sociology and the humanities that offer provocative, contextual views on law and
legal institutions.
The book is organised into six sections,
each with an introduction by the editors, on classical sociology of law, systems
theory, critical approaches, law in action, postmodernism, and law in global
society. Each chapter is written by a specialist who reviews the literature, and
discusses how the approach can be used in researching different topics. New
chapters include authoritative reviews of actor network theory, new legal
realism, critical race theory, post-colonial theories of law, and the sociology
of the legal profession. Over half the chapters are new, and the rest are
revised in order to include discussion of recent literature.
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