Relational Sociology and Comparative Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3760267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph A Conti (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 636-663 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Comparative Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-919X • E-ISSN: 2326-9197 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ajcl/avab024 |
| OpenAlex | W4211223219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Relational sociology, or the idea that relationships are the starting point for empirical research, offers comparative law distinctive analytical frameworks, heuristics, and methods. This Article proposes that these could advance traditional goals of comparative law by reconceiving fundamental categories of law, state, and society in relational terms while broadening the scope of useful comparison, and adopting a processual view of legal communities, legal knowledge, and culture rooted in practical action. It also highlights how comparative law offers sociology opportunities for deeper engagement with law, culture, transnationalism, and the dynamics of different normative orders. A relational analysis of disciplinary knowledge production suggests that deeper cross-disciplinary engagement has been limited less by shared interests than by the structures of academic knowledge production
Dichotomy · Discipline · Epistemology · Heuristics · Normative · Political science · Relational theory · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of law · Comparative and International Law Studies · Computer Science · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |