Legal Theory and Social Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2297016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K L Scheppele (0000-0002-7153-6713, corresponding author), Kim Lane Scheppele (University of Michigan), K Lane Scheppele |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 383-406 |
| Publication date | 1994-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Sociology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-0572 • E-ISSN: 1545-2115 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.soc.20.1.383 |
| OpenAlex | W4251124296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 16 |
While social theory and legal theory were once closely intertwined, contemporary American sociology pays scant attention to recent developments in legal theory. But the problems that legal theory currently wrestles with are very similar to those with which sociology is now centrally concerned. This essay reviews major schools of thought in contemporary legal theory to introduce sociologists to some potentially useful literatures on the meaning of rationality; on critical theory; on the importance of gender, race, and class in understanding social institutions; on the interpretive turn; on the relationship between structure and agency; and on the revival of pragmatism
Agency (philosophy · Critical legal studies · Critical theory · Empirical legal studies · Epistemology · Legal realism · Legal research · Meaning (existential · Political science · Pragmatism · Rationality · Social science · Social theory · Sociological theory · Sociology · Sociology of law · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Law · Philosophy
Age coding
Eskalation und Deeskalation sozialer Konflikte
Middle-Status Conformity
Negotiated Meanings and State Transformation
Influence of Older Siblings on Initiation of Sexual Intercourse
Reflexive Methodological Pluralism
Toward a New Sociology of Rights
Social Theory and Legal Theory
Nomos and Narrative in International Criminal Justice
Difference, discourse and democracy
Why a materialist feminism is (Still) Possible—and necessary
Building law and society and sociology
The Price of Freedom
The "Mystery" of the Soviet Collapse
Reproductive Biology, Technology, and Gender Inequality
Judicial Social Theorizing and Its Relation to Sociology
Outline of a social theory of rights
Law and the American State
Lenski Effects on Sex Stratification Theory
Discipline and Punish
Whigs and Hunters
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Dominant Discourse, Professional Language, and Legal Change in Child Custody Decisionmaking
Violence and the Word
Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability
Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others
Inventing Law in Local Settings
Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
Objectivity and Interpretation
Voices of America
Law and Strategy in the Divorce Lawyer's Office
Central Problems in Social Theory
The Narrative Construction of Reality
Law as discourse
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,66 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |