Социология на правото
Sociology of law

Historical traditions and perspectives for development

Author(s): Stefka Naumova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: law; sociology
Summary/Abstract: Sociology of Law is relatively new science. Its origination and differentiation as an autonomous science in the common family of sciences have gone long and complex way. Roots of Sociology of Law have to be looked for still in the noticeable works of the ancient Chinese thinkers (Confucius, Lao-Tzu), in the original views of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle on justice and its implementation in law, in the brilliant writings of the Roman jurists and historians (Cicero, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius), who still at that time analyze legal reality in the context of the whole political and social structure, seeking philosophical definition for values, moral, justice, and law. Basic role for institutionalizing the sociology of law has had the process of overcoming legal positivism and looking at law in its social context. In the present work, Sociology of Law is defined as a science which studies regular interrogations between legal area of social life and the rest of social areas. It is an organic combination between theory and empiric. The most defining characteristic of the sociology of law is the specific manner in which it approaches law in disciplinary terms. The conclusion outlines the perspectives of Sociology of Law in the new conditions.

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