Living Law

Roger Cotterrell, Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory at Queen Mary, University of London, UK and a Fellow of the British Academy

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 The Scope of Legal Inquiry: Subverting orthodoxy, making law central: a view of sociolegal studies; Community as a legal concept? Some uses of a law-and-community approach in legal theory; From 'living law' to the 'death of the social': sociology in legal theory; Pandora's Box: jurisprudence in legal education. Part 2 Sociolegal Theory and Theorists: Living law revisited: communitarianism and sociology of law; Emmanuel Lévy and legal studies: a view from abroad; Durkheim's loyal jurist? The sociolegal theory of Paul Huvelin; The rule of law in transition: revisiting Franz Neumann's sociology of legality; The representation of law's autonomy in autopoiesis theory; Images of Europe in sociolegal traditions. Part 3 Interpreting Legal Ideas Sociologically: The development of capitalism and the formalisation of contract law; The law of property and legal theory; Some sociolegal aspects of the controversy around the legal validity of private purpose trusts; Trusting in law: legal and moral concepts of trust; Some aspects of the communication of constitutional authority; Comparative law and legal culture. Part 4 Law Morality, Community: Common law approaches to the relationship between law and morality; Legal effects and moral meanings: a comment on recent debates on approaches to legislation; Ideals and values in law: a comment on The Importance of Ideals; Culture, comparison, community; Lawyers and the building of communities; Name index.