Sociology of Law

This book, based on extensive ethnographic material, analyzes the complex relationships between the law and various social controls, helping to answer the question of how social order is formed. Formal law exists in a web of complex structures and meanings. Accordingly, legal study must take into account multiple types of order, allowing us to understand in depth the strengths and weaknesses, reasonable and absurdity, and successes and failures of the law. In addition, the interactions of numerous actors shape the structure and context of the law.
Exploring these aspectswhile also highlighting diverse informal/non-state norms that influence day-to-day social practices, and which have never been replaced by modern lawsthe book offers an insightful resource for all readers who are interested in the practice of Chinese law or in the connections between culture, society, and the law.

Is based on in-depth qualitative fieldwork on grassroots society in China Focuses on behaviors of the individual as well as various groups, which shape the current social order(s) Develops a comprehensive analysis integrating cultural, social, and legal perspectives

Autorentext

Qiliang Wang, Doctor of Law, is a professor of School of Law, Yunnan University. He has long been committed to using the methods of legal sociology and anthropology to study grassroots legal practice. He has published more than 60 academic papers in the journals such as legal system and social development, jurist, and research on legal business.

Inhalt
Introduction: Observing Law and Order.- Action, Culture and Order.- Law Pluralism, Social Control and Order.- Conclusion: Constructing a Legal Theory Centered on Chinese Issue.