Law in the sociological enterprise [electronic resource] : a reconstruction / Lisa J. McIntyre.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / James F. Short, Jr.
- pt. 1. The Civil Contract Perspective. 1. A Sociological Conception of Law. The Idea of Contract. Law as Civil Contract. Elements of the Civil Contract. Civil Contract and Society. 2. Law and Social Relationships. Persons and Nonpersons. Corporations as Persons. Human Persons. InterPersonal Relationships. 3. The Civil Domain and Nonpersons. Nonpersons in Modern Society. A Caveat. Law: Conflict or Consensus. 4. The Civil Domain in Society. Durkheim's View of Legal Evolution Rehabilitated. The Civil Domain: The Modern Contrast. Changes in the Size of the Civil Domain. 5. Social and Legal Expectations. Durkheim's Legacy: Law and Solidarity. The Civil Contract and Legal Expectations. Laws, Social Norms, and Morals. The "Operationalization" Process. Looking Ahead: The Role of Ideas in Law and Society. 6. The Constitutive Effects of Law. How Law Creates a World. The Dialectic of Norms. The Importance of Legitimating Formulas.