Westward Bound: Sex, Violence, the Law, and the Making of a Settler Society. Law and Society Series. By Lesley Erickson . ( Vancouver : UBC Press , 2011 . xiv + 337 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $99.00 , CAN$90.00 , cloth; $37.95 , CAN$34.95 , paper.)

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-200
Keyword(s):  
Law And Society ◽  
The Law ◽  
Settler Society

Politics and Research: Epistemological Moments

1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelaide H. Villmoare
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship

In reading the essays by David M. Trubek and John Esser and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, I thought about what I call epistemological moments that have provided contexts within which to understand the relationship between social science research and politics. I will sketch four moments and suggest that I find one of them more compelling than the others because it speaks particularly to social scientists with critical, democratic ambitions and to Trubek and Esser's concerns about politics and the intellectual vitality of the law and society movement.

Living Well Together

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Lori G. Beaman ◽  
Cory Steele
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
The Law ◽  
Religious Landscape ◽  
Christian Society

Abstract This paper considers the study of nonreligion as a vital component of the discussion about “how to live well together” in the “new diversity.” Our specific interest concerning the notion of the “new diversity” is that of nonreligion. This paper therefore focuses on the intersection of law and nonreligion, in the areas of health, education, migration, and the environment. We argue that a continued shift away from a majoritarian Christian society in Canada and toward the “new diversity” has rather significant implications for law and society. The law has been increasingly required to balance the beliefs, values, and practices of both nonreligious and religious people to ensure Canadians can “live well together” in an ever changing (non)religious landscape.

scholarly journals LOOKING FOR QUALITY: THE EMPIRICAL DEBATE IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE RESEARCH

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A Leitch
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Justice Research ◽  
Conceptual Debate ◽  
Il Y A ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

Access to Justice remains one of the most contested issues on the law-and-society agenda.  There has been continuing conceptual debate over its meaning, its objectives, and its success.  Of late, attention has turned to efforts to measure the impact and efficacy of different initiatives aimed at improving individuals’ access to justice.  Along with a broader turn toward empirical studies in law, there have been renewed efforts within the access to justice field to develop a more compelling and convincing methodology by which to assess and evaluate these different initiatives. L’accès à la justice demeure l’une des questions les plus contestées à l’ordre du jour « droit et société ». Il y a un débat conceptuel continu au sujet de son sens, de ses objectifs et de son succès. Récemment, l’attention s’est tournée vers les efforts visant à mesurer l’impact et l’efficacité de différentes initiatives ayant pour but d’améliorer l’accès à la justice des particuliers. Outre une tendance plus générale vers des études empiriques en droit, il y a eu, dans le domaine de l’accès à la justice, des efforts renouvelés visant à élaborer une méthodologie plus contraignante et convaincante pour évaluer ces différentes initiatives.

scholarly journals Aircraft Mortgage in Indonesia: Alternative Object of Material Guarantee as a Debt Settlement

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 601-607
Keyword(s):  
Civil Code ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Normative Study ◽  
Immovable Object ◽  
Legal Uncertainty ◽  
The Law ◽  
Mortgage Law

In the development of material law in Indonesia, it is known both registered objects and unregistered objects that by analogy, registered objects are categorized as immovable objects. In Indonesia, aircraft are being classified as a registered object that can be guaranteed in the form of the mortgage as a debt settlement. Along with the development of law and society, the mortgage regulations are only mentioned briefly in the Indonesian Law of Fiduciary and the Law of Notary Position which state that an aircraft can be guaranteed in the form of a mortgage. However, until recently, any particular regulations regarding aircraft mortgage in Indonesia are not yet available. This research is a normative study that uses historical, statute, and comparison approaches. The problems examined in this study: firstly, how the mortgage as a material guarantee institution in Indonesia is being regulated. Secondly, does the mortgage institution have the potential as an alternative object of material guarantee for aircraft? The result of the study shows that the regulations on aircraft mortgage in Indonesia still refer to the ones in the Indonesian Civil Code. Meanwhile, the institution that has the potential as an alternative object of material guarantee for aircraft is in the form of mortgage because an airplane is a registered object which is analogous to an immovable object. It can be concluded, therefore, that there is a weakness in aircraft mortgage stipulation in Indonesia which may create legal uncertainty and weaken the position of the creditor. Therefore, along with the development of the community and the existence of legal certainty, it is necessary to make an aircraft mortgage law immediately.

scholarly journals TRADE UNIONS, THE LAW AND SOCIETY *

1970 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Kahn-Freund
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
The Law

Muslim Judges at the Road of Intersection

Hawwa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
Nahda Shehada
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
The Road ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
Custody Of Children ◽  
The Law

Abstract The work of Muslim judges in the shariʿa courts ranges from enforcing specific moral standards to redistributing wealth in accordance with Islamic inheritance norms. Judgments in cases involving divorce, alimony, and the custody of children are nonetheless part and parcel of the judges’ daily routine. This paper uses ethnographic work in Gaza–Palestine to explore whether, how, and why judges assert certain rules and norms on some occasions but make adjustments or accommodations on others during the process of adjudication. It tries to uncover certain ambivalences in the law and society that allow them to adjust situationally. Social factors such as gender, social status, educational background, and class are scrutinized to see how they are played out, together or separately, in the process of adjustment. Orality as a method is central to the judges’ work as well as to the analysis.

Training Lawyers in Behavioral Science and Its Applications

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-413
Author(s):  
Leila M. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Professors

Behavioral science can be of assistance to the legal profession in (1) substantive development of the law from interdisciplinary contributions and (2) improvement of professional skills. A questionnaire sent to law professors teaching law and psychiatry and law and society courses reveals some of the innovative programs offered to some law students. Bar associations also are becoming interested in providing continuing education in this area. Professionals of both behavioral science and law should be encouraged to increase areas of communication between the disciplines.

“Critical Empricism” and American Critical Legal Studies: Paradox, Program, or Pandora's Box?

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Trubek ◽  
John Esser
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Sociology Of Law ◽  
Critical Legal Studies ◽  
Critical Sociology ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
The Law

What should we make of Susan Silbey's call for socio-legal scholarship that is both critical and empirical? Do we think the law and society movement can and should develop a critique of the legal order? Can empirical research contribute to such a critique? Does the idea of a “critical sociology of law” make any sense at all?

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