{"product_id":"law-in-modern-society","title":"Law in Modern Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eProviding an introduction to law in modern society, D. J. Galligan considers how legal theory, and particularly H. L. A Hart's The Concept of Law, has developed the idea of law as a highly developed social system, which has a distinctive character and structure, and which shapes and influences people's behaviour.The concept of law as a distinct social phenomenon is examined through reference to, and analysis of, the work of prominent\n\u003cbr\u003elegal and social theorists, in particular M. Weber, E. Durkheim, and N. Luhmann. Galligan's approach is guided by two main ideas: that the law is a social formation with its own character and features, and that\n\u003cbr\u003eat the same time it interacts with, and is affected by, other aspects of society. In analysing these two ideas, Galligan develops a general framework for law and society within which he considers various aspects including: the nature of social rules and the concept of law as a system of rules; whether law has particular social functions and how legal orders run in parallel; the place of coercion; the characteristic form of modern law and the social conditions that support it; implementation and\n\u003cbr\u003ecompliance; and what happens when laws are used to change society.Law in Modern Society encourages legal scholars to consider the law as an expression of social relations,\n\u003cbr\u003eexamining the connections and tensions between the positive law of modern society and the spontaneous relations they often try to direct or change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058629431534,"sku":"9780199269785","price":80.28,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199269785.jpg?v=1736479843","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/law-in-modern-society","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}