Law After Modernity

by Sionaidh Douglas Scott and Sionaidh Douglas-Scott

Book Overview

How can we characterise law and legal theory in the twenty-first century? Law After Modernity argues that we live in an age 'after Modernity' and that legal theory must take account of this fact. The book presents a dynamic analysis of law, which focusses on the richness and pluralism of law, on its historical embeddedness, its cultural contingencies, as well as acknowledging contemporary law's global and transnational dimensions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184113029X
• ISBN13: 9781841130293
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"