The Sociology of Law in France: Trends and Paradigms |
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Authors: | Pierre Noreau & André Jean Arnaud |
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Institution: | Départment des sciences sociales et de la santé, Universitédu Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda (Qc), Canada J9X 5E4,;Directeur de Recherche au CNRS, Directeur du Réseau Européen Droit et Société, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | To suggest that French legal sociology is a field in which a dominant theoretical tendency is identifiable is misleading; equally, attempts to provide insight into the work achieved in French socio-legal studies which presuppose that a complete inventory of the field must be undertaken are misguided. In this article, an exposition of French legal sociology is attempted using different means: following a brief history of the evolution of socio-legal studies in France, the authors suggest different paradigms around which French researchers appear to converge. Eight paradigms are identified, covering the majority of French sociologists and jurists. The article concludes with an analysis of some characteristics of socio-legal studies in general, within the framework of French intellectual and academic life. |
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