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BL
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994488
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b748858
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| Main Entry
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Ross, Hamish.
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| Title & Author
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Law as a social institution /\ Hamish Ross.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;Portland, Or. :: Hart Pub.,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Legal theory today
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xv, 176 pages).
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| ISBN
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1472562356
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: 1847312403
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: 9781472562357
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: 9781847312402
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1841132306
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1841132314
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9781841132303
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9781841132310
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Abbreviations -- 1. An Opportunity to Reflect -- 2. Max Weber's Science of Social Action -- 3. Hart's Nucleic Expository Theory -- 4. Three Gordian Knots -- 5. Perspectives Redefined -- 6. "Reductionism" Reassessed -- 7. Relationality Reconsidered -- 8. Towards a Critical Legal Positivism -- Index.
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| Abstract
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This book develops the rudiments of a sociological perspective on state law and legal theory. It outlines a distinctive approach to theoretical enquiry that offers an improved understanding of law as a social and institutional phenomenon. The book draws upon Max Weber's sociological and juristic writings as a context in which to explore themes arising or selectively developed from a critical reassessment of key aspects of H.L.A. Hart's theory of law. The discussion initially centres around three problematical areas or 'Gordian Knots': essentially weaknesses in the analytical nucleus of The Con.
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Critical legal studies.
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Social action.
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Critical legal studies.
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LAW-- Essays.
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LAW-- General Practice.
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LAW-- Jurisprudence.
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LAW-- Paralegals Paralegalism.
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LAW-- Practical Guides.
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LAW-- Reference.
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Social action.
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Rechtstheorie.
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| Dewey Classification
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340/.115
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| LC Classification
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K370.R68 2001eb
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| NLM classification
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86.03bcl
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KA60.R677 2001moys
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PI 3000rvk
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