Law, Modernity, Postmodernity: Legal Change in the Contracting State

ISBN-13: 9781138741997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 314 str.

Brendan Edgeworth

Opis

First published in 2003, this book examines the interrelationship between the unravelling of the post-war welfare state and legal change, arguing that contemporary law and legal institutions have changed in ways that mirror the recent transformation of the interventionist welfare state.

Recenzje

'...provides a wide-ranging theoretical synthesis of the manner in which theories of postmodernity bear on law. It offers also a call to arms for those whose engagement with contemporary law is largely empirical to think more about general theoretical characterizations of the legal phenomena they observe.' Journal of Law and Society '...this book provides much interesting, perceptive commentary and a very useful survey of a wide range of material about processes of legal and social transformation that are in many respects fundamental and pervasive.' Social & Legal Studies 'The book provides a rich, clear, perceptive and precise account of the law's development from its modern to its postmodern form.' Adelaide Law Review

Spis treści

Contents: Legal and social change; Cognitive mapping; Modern law and the welfare state; Old theories, new paradigm; Legal postmodernization; Critique and reform; What next?; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Brendan Edgeworth is a senior lecturer in the School of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, where he teaches property law, equity and housing law.