Legitimacy, Legal Development and Change

Law and Modernization Reconsidered

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Jurisprudence
Cover of the book Legitimacy, Legal Development and Change by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317105817
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 22, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317105817
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 22, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book addresses critical questions about how legal development works in practice. Can law be employed to shape behavior as a form of social engineering, or must social behavior change first, relegating legal change to follow as ratification or reinforcement? And what is legal development's source of legitimacy if not modernization? But by the same token, whose version of modernization will predominate absent a Western monopoly on change? There are now legal development alternatives, especially from Asia, so we need a better way to ask the right questions of different approaches primarily in (non-Western) Asia, Africa, the Islamic world, plus South America. Incoming waves of change like the 'Arab spring' lie on the horizon. Meanwhile, debates are sharpening about law's role in economic development versus democracy and governance under the rubric of the rule of law. More than a general survey of law and modernization theory and practice, this work is a timely reference for practitioners of institutional reform, and a thought-provoking interdisciplinary collection of essays in an area of renewed practical and scholarly interest. The contributors are a distinguished international group of scholars and practitioners of law, development, social sciences, and religion with extensive experience in the developing world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book addresses critical questions about how legal development works in practice. Can law be employed to shape behavior as a form of social engineering, or must social behavior change first, relegating legal change to follow as ratification or reinforcement? And what is legal development's source of legitimacy if not modernization? But by the same token, whose version of modernization will predominate absent a Western monopoly on change? There are now legal development alternatives, especially from Asia, so we need a better way to ask the right questions of different approaches primarily in (non-Western) Asia, Africa, the Islamic world, plus South America. Incoming waves of change like the 'Arab spring' lie on the horizon. Meanwhile, debates are sharpening about law's role in economic development versus democracy and governance under the rubric of the rule of law. More than a general survey of law and modernization theory and practice, this work is a timely reference for practitioners of institutional reform, and a thought-provoking interdisciplinary collection of essays in an area of renewed practical and scholarly interest. The contributors are a distinguished international group of scholars and practitioners of law, development, social sciences, and religion with extensive experience in the developing world.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Being in Time by
Cover of the book Relational Psychoanalysis, Volume 3 by
Cover of the book Routledge Revivals: An Outline of Anglo-Saxon Grammar (1936) by
Cover of the book The Architecture of Oppression by
Cover of the book Siblings by
Cover of the book Made in Sweden by
Cover of the book Realism and Space in the Novel, 1795-1869 by
Cover of the book Cyber Conflicts and Small States by
Cover of the book English Inside and Out by
Cover of the book The Dry Forests and Woodlands of Africa by
Cover of the book Balinese Discourses on Music and Modernization by
Cover of the book International Law and Agroecological Husbandry by
Cover of the book Recovery and Stress in Sport by
Cover of the book Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership by
Cover of the book Heidegger and Ethics by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy