Sociology of Law as the Science of Norms

ISBN-13: 9781032149530 / Miękka / 2023 / 328 str.

Sweden) Hyden Hakan (Lund University

Opis

This book proposes the study of norms as a theory and method of explaining human choice and behaviour by introducing a new scientific perspective - the science of norms.

Spis treści

Chapter One Why do we need a science of norms?

Chapter Two Two competing normative worlds and their internal changes over time

Chapter Three About norms and action systems

Chapter Four Law as a system of norms

Chapter Five The evolution of norms and law

Chapter Six Toward a theory of legal change

Chapter Seven A science of norms: a science for the 21st century

O autorze

Håkan Hydén is a senior professor in sociology of law, Lund University, Sweden, and fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.