User:Reswik/Sociology/sociology of law outline
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This outline is based on contents of some sociology of law and political sociology texts:
Outline of Sociology of law article
[edit]Introduction
[edit]History
[edit]- Foundations
- Sociological Movement in Law
Perspectives
[edit]- Marxism
- Types of authority and thought (Weber)
- Social organization and morality (Durkheim)
- Structural-Funcationalism
- Critical legal studies
- Comparative legal studies
- Feminist theories
- Postmodern theories
- Other perspectives
Selected Topics
[edit]- Legal systems
- Legal institutions
- Law making (social construction of law and mores)
- Social control
- Dispute resolution
- Social change
- (summarize here?; mainly deal with in political sociology?)
- broad trends: industrialization; globalization
- politics and revolutions
- activism and social movements
- Legal profession
Research methods
[edit]- Historical
- Observation
- Survey
- Quasi-experiment
- Policy and evaluation research
See also
[edit]- Lists
- Related topics
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]External links
[edit]Notes on Sociology of law article
[edit]Perhaps the perspectives and selected topics sections should be merged?