Sociology of Law
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Undergraduate or graduate students in law who need a systematic understanding of the fundamental issues and knowledge framework of the sociology of law.
- Students in sociology, public administration, and related fields who wish to understand legal operation and the legal profession from a social perspective.
- Practitioners interested in the relationship between law and society, seeking to expand their theoretical perspectives for analyzing problems.
- Readers preparing to teach or lead reading groups on the sociology of law, who need a clearly structured basic reference book.
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking interpretations of specific legal provisions or exam-oriented explanations of legal articles; this book does not focus on normative commentary.
- Senior researchers seeking in-depth study of a specific topic or cutting-edge debates in the sociology of law; this book is positioned as a review of fundamental issues.
- General readers who only want light case stories and are unwilling to engage with concepts and theoretical frameworks.
Reading tips
- Read the chapters on research methods and objects of study first to clarify how the sociology of law poses questions, then move on to the sections on norms, functions, and operation.
- After each chapter, summarize its core questions in your own words and try to illustrate them with an example from everyday life.
- Read the chapters on the legal profession and legal culture together, and consider the role of human and cultural factors in legal operation.
- Organize reading group discussions by topic, focusing on questions such as "how are legal functions realized?" to explore connections across chapters.
About the publisher
Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《法学精品课程系列教材》编委会名单
- 总序
- 第一章 导论
- 第一节 法社会学的研究对象和历史发展
- 第二节 法社会学的学科特征
- 第三节 法社会学的方法论
- 第二章 法社会学视野中的法
- 第一节 非国家的法
- 第二节 行动中的法
- 第三章 法与社会制度
- 第一节 社会制度概说
- 第二节 国家法与社会制度
- 第三节 培养制度意识 塑造现代公民
- 第四章 法与社会发展
- 第一节 社会发展概说
- 第二节 法与社会发展
- 第三节 科学发展观下的中国法制
- 第五章 法与社会冲突
- 第一节 社会冲突概说
- 第二节 当前中国的社会冲突
- 第三节 法与社会冲突
- 第六章 法与社会控制
- 第一节 社会控制概说
- 第二节 法与其他社会控制
- 第三节 对越轨行为的社会控制
- 第七章 法与社会化
- 第一节 社会化概说
- 第二节 法与社会化
- 第三节 法的社会化途径与功能
- 第八章 法与文化
- 第一节 文化概说
- 第二节 文化是法的社会基础
- 第三节 法律文化
- 第九章 法律职业
- 第一节 社会分工与法律职业
- 第二节 法律职业的特征和功能
- 第三节 法律职业伦理
- 第四节 法律职业制度
- 第十章 法律实效
- 第一节 法律实效概说
- 第二节 法律实效的形态
- 第三节 法律实效的影响因素
- 后记
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About the author
Liu Zhuo: publicly available information is currently limited, and basic details such as his biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death have not been clearly recorded. Within the library's holdings, he has only one work, The Sociology of Law. In common classifications, this book is placed under exam-related categories, suggesting that it may circulate as a textbook or exam-preparation reader serving study and test-taking needs in law-related courses. As an interdisciplinary field between law and sociology, the sociology of law generally concerns the interaction between legal norms and social structures and behavior, and the title The Sociology of Law reflects exactly this thematic orientation. Because background information on the author is insufficient, it is difficult to judge his writing style or academic stance; however, given that the work is categorized for exams, it may be clearly organized and convenient for systematically reviewing knowledge points, making it suitable for introductory study and revision. Overall, The Sociology of Law is currently the only confirmed work by Liu Zhuo, and readers' and researchers' understanding of the author and his book still awaits supplementation from more public materials.
