The Sociology of Law potential
Exploring its scientific landscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16948361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Håkan Hydén (0000-0002-1449-7084, Halmstad University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 1203799-1203799 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1203799 |
| PMID | 37538351 |
| OpenAlex | W4384825458 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The Sociology of Law (SoL) is an island of investigation squeezed between two large academic territories: the legal and the social sciences. They represent different knowledge interests based on separate ontologies, which make the epistemologies incommensurable. Law is an open normative science using interpretative, deductive methodology, while sociology has an empirical ontology built on social science methodologies in epistemological respect. The theoretical discourse to try to integrate legal dogmatic and sociology must be regarded as a dead end (Banakar, 2003; Cotterrell, 2006; Nelken, 2009, chs. 10 and 11).). The same can be said about the inside/outside dichotomy in SoL (Banakar, 2002, p. 18). SoL has a territory of its own, which is huge and to a large extent undetected and unknown. The purpose of this article is to investigate this varied landscape that is the home turf of Sociology of Law and explore the Field's contribution to knowledge. What makes it a separate entity? What is its potential
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence in Law · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |