01724     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002200097041000800119082000800127084001400135100002200149245004900171260005000220520113200270650000801402650001501410300001701425990002601442990002601468INLIS00000000000988020221102084615  a0010-0520009880221102                |          | eng    a978-1-107-18842-6  aeng  a344  a344 TAM r0 aTamanaha, Brian Z12aRealistic Theory of Law /cBrian Z. Tamanaha  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2017  aThis book articulates an empirically grounded theory of law applicable throughout history and across different societies. Unlike natural law theory or analytical jurisprudence, which are narrow, abstract, ahistorical, and detached from society, Tamanahas theory presents a holistic vision of law within society, evolving in connection with social, cultural, economic, political, ecological, and technological factors. He revives a largely forgotten theoretical perspective on law that runs from Montesquieu through the legal realists to the present. This book explains why the classic question what is law? has never been resolved, and casts doubt on theorists claims about necessary and universal truths about law. This book develops a theory of law as a social institution with varying forms and functions, tracing law from hunter-gatherer societies to the modern state and beyond. Tamanahas theory accounts for social influences on law, legal influences on society, law and domination, multifunctional governmental uses of law, legal pluralism, international law, and other legal aspects largely overlooked in jurisprudence. 4aLaw 4aPhilosophy  aviii, 202 p.  a26512/MKRI-P/XII-2018  a26512/MKRI-P/XII-2018