Table of Contents

1: The Framework
2: Law and Society in Western Legal and Social Theory
3: Loosening the Hold of the Mirror Thesis
4: Against the Mirror Thesis
5: A Socio-Legal Positivist Approach to Law
6: A Non-Essentialist Legal Pluralism
7: Elements of a General Jurisprudence
Index

Promotional Information

Law and Society Prize 2002

About the Author

Brian Z. Tamanaha is Professor of Law at St John's Univerity School of Law, New York

Reviews

`Tamanaha's study of the literature contains valuable observations and arguments of interest ... useful insights.'
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