Comparative Sociology: Frameworks and Methods

Author: Zhu Xianyi
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book is one of the "Legal Science Library," with a focus on the framework and methodology of comparative sociology of law. The book is divided into three parts:
Part I Legalization
Through several legal indicators, it compares and evaluates different legal systems, with the research center being the legal systems of nation-states. The basic framework is the traditional classification of world legal systems: the civil law system, the common law system, the socialist law system, and the legal systems of developing countries. The basic content includes comparative studies of the structure of law, legal sources, the application of law, and the legal profession.
Part II Localization
Using sociological methods, it analyzes the social bases of similarities and differences among different legal systems, with the research center being law constrained by the socio-economic, political, and cultural environment. The basic framework is the sociology of law: law-society, law-in-books-law-in-action. The basic content includes the relationship between law, discretion, and transaction, as well as the interaction between society and law.
Part III Globalization
The research center is the relationship between legal systems of different countries in the context of globalization. The basic framework is the relationship between state sovereignty and globalization. The basic content involves two different forms of legal globalization: the internationalization of domestic law and the domestication of international law.