Selected Republic: Law, Authority, and Culture

Author: Friedman
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Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is a major work by the renowned American legal scholar Lawrence M. Friedman. From the perspective of legal sociology, the author systematically and deeply describes the contemporary American legal culture, discusses various problems existing in the Western legal culture of the modern era, examines the social background and ideological foundations of the formation and development of modern Western legal culture, explains different understandings and debates about this legal culture, and points out the current state and future trends of contemporary American legal culture. The author has a keen eye, paying special attention to the law in everyday life; rich imagination, adept at seeing the micro from the macro in legal phenomena; and well-founded arguments with many original insights. The book is both profound and accessible, with fluent language, making it an important work for a comprehensive and systematic understanding of contemporary Western legal culture. This book is suitable for teachers and students in colleges and universities, research institutions, as well as legal practitioners. It is also suitable for general readers interested in law, especially legal theory, legal sociology, foreign law, and comparative law.