Law - Societies

Indeks : p.463-466 ; This book brings together 20 essays of types under the title of this book. The sub-headings of it have been selected on the basis of this classification. Part I, Concepts of Law and Sociological Inquiries, combines the elements (1) a definition of law, proposing a convention about the proper use of the term law and (3) a methodological perspective on law, pointing to some meaningful problems, hypotheses or certain methodological requirements that guide empirical inquiries concerning law. Part II, Law as Order Inherent in Social Life, and Part III, Law as Constituted Authority, correspond to two polar types within the concept of law, or the element (2) - a concept of law, attempting to identify, on the basis of substantive analyses of the phenomenon or the institution called law, the distinctive features of its structure and/or function -, though both inevitably involve the element (1) as well. IV, Law as a Condition for Capitalistic Economy: Max Weber's View, and V, Law as Reflection of Capitalistic Economy: Marxian View, together correspond to the element (4a) a functional theory of law and its development, while VI, Contemporary Social Theories about Law, corresponds to the element (4b) a social theory of contemporary law.