Socio-Legal Studies: Socio-Legal Studies
About the Book Series
The Socio-Legal Studies series consists of scholars, principally from the UK, Europe and North America, who contribute critical, analytical texts concerning the operation of Law in Society. Grounded in theory the books will examine practical issues of contemporary importance from a perspective which firmly locates law as a social science.
Taxing Culture: Towards a Theory of Tax Collection Law
1st Edition
By Ann Mumford
July 03, 2017
The introduction of self-assessment for income tax collection in the late 1990s marked a striking moment of cultural convergence between the UK and the US. This book analyses the socio-political factors leading to and resulting from this fundamental change in the relationship between taxpayers and...
The Rule of Law after Communism: Problems and Prospects in East-Central Europe
1st Edition
By Martin Krygier, Adam Czarnota
November 10, 2016
This book is among the first books to consider post-communist Europe from the point of view of the rule of law. This book collects articles written by specialists on the rule of law in particular countries. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book reveals the multi-layered complexity of the ...
Law in Action: Ethnomethodological and Conversation Analytic Approaches to Law
1st Edition
By Max Travers, John F. Manzo
August 26, 2016
Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions and there is now a large body of empirical studies, representing a range of analytic traditions in each field. This collection introduces this literature and the research questions ...
Comparing Legal Cultures
1st Edition
Edited
By David Nelken
January 28, 1997
This volume cross-examines mainstream approaches to studying legal culture (e.g. those of Friedman and Blankenburg). It includes debates over the concept of legal culture and a variety of case studies of different legal cultures....