Publisher's Synopsis
The sociology of law became clearly established as an academic field of learning and empirical research. The study of law was not central in Sociology, although some well-known Sociologists wrote about the role of law in society. According to Talcott Parsons (1975), the law is conceived as an essential mechanism of social control. Philip Selznick (1963) explained that modern law became increasingly responsive to a society's needs and had to be approached morally as well. In recent years, a very wide range of theories has emerged in sociology.
