Justice, Dignity, Torture, Headscarves
Can Durkheim’s Sociology Clarify Legal Values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12282928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Cotterrell (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-20 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0964663910378433 |
| OpenAlex | W2050738948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 30 |
Émile Durkheim’s claims about justice, human dignity and the value system of moral individualism in complex modern societies are part of the canon of classical theoretical ideas that underpin social research. Yet these claims are often neglected in socio-legal studies or seen as remote from much current Western legal experience. This article examines Durkheim’s sociological conceptions of justice, dignity and individualism to demonstrate their usefulness for the study of legal values in contemporary Western societies. Applying these ideas to such diverse clusters of topics as punishment and the use of torture, on the one hand, and sexuality and the wearing of Islamic headscarves, on the other, it argues that his work sheds important new light on current legal controversies and provides enduring insights for a developing sociology of legal values
Criminology · Dignity · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Individualism · Political science · Punishment (psychology · Sociology · Torture · Value (mathematics · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |