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Max Weber's Interpretive Sociology of Law

Max Weber's Interpretive Sociology of Law

Name: Max Weber's Interpretive Sociology of Law
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781138646391
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Author: Michel Coutu
ISBN: 9781138646391

By Michel Coutu

Routledge March 2018

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ISBN-13: 9781138646391
Publisher: Routledge
Publication: March 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book presents a clear and precise account of the structure and content of Max Weber’s sociology of law: situating its methodological and epistemological specificity in relation to other approaches to the sociology of law; as well as offering a critical evaluation of Weber’s usefulness for contemporary socio-legal research.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the methodological foundations of Weber’s sociology of law. The second analyses the central theme of this sociology, the rationalization of law, from the perspective of its internal logical coherence, its empirical validity, and finally its legitimacy. The third part questions the present day relevance of the Weberian sociology of law for socio-legal research.

Max Weber, it is demonstrated, is not merely a ‘founding father’ of the sociology of law; rather, his methodology, concepts, and empirical analyses remain indispensable to the further development of work in this area.

Introduction

Part I. Methodological Foundations

Chapter 1. The Starting Point: Max Weber’s Critique of Stammler

Chapter 2. The Ideal-Typical Method

Chapter 3. Rationality as a Fundamental Category of Weberian Sociology

Part II. The Rationalization of Law

Chapter 4. Normative Coherence

Chapter 5. Empirical Validity

Chapter 6: Legitimacy

Part III. The Relevance of Weber’s Sociology of Law for Contemporary Research

Chapter 7. Legal Pluralism

Chapter 8. Substantive Rationality