The Sociology of Law and the Global Transformation of Democracy

• Main Author: Thornhill, Chris (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: Law & society; Political structures: democracy; law; socio-legal studies; political sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A new legal-sociological account of contemporary democracy, arguing that it is best understood through a transposition of key insights of classical legal sociology onto the form of global society. It will appeal to post-graduate students in law, political science and the sociology of law, as well as...