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This is a timely new edition of Sharyn L. Roach Anleu’s invaluable introduction to the sociology of law and its role as a social institution and social process. Discussing current theory and key empirical research from a diverse range of perspectives the book gives relevant examples, from various cultures and societies, to provide a sociological view which goes beyond more jurisprudential approaches to law and society. This thoroughly updated edition engages with modern scholarship, and recent research, on globalization while also looking at related issues such as the internationalization of law and human rights.
The Legal Profession
The Legal Profession
Law is one of the original professions; the others being medicine, the clergy (out of which grew university teaching) and, less frequently, the military Several important cross-national differences exist between legal professions regarding their histories, organization, training, activities, status and ...
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