ISBN:
978-1-108-18604-9
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 587 Seiten).
Series Statement:
Global law series
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Keywords:
Sociological jurisprudence
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Law / Political aspects
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Democracy / Social aspects
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Demokratie.
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Internationales Recht.
;
Rechtssoziologie.
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Demokratie
;
Internationales Recht
;
Rechtssoziologie
Abstract:
The paradox of democracy and the sociology of law -- National democracy and global law -- Before the law? -- Politics becomes the law -- The reconstruction of democratic agency -- Conclusion
Abstract:
This book provides a new legal-sociological account of contemporary democracy. It is based on a revision of standard positions in democratic theory, reflecting the impact of global legal norms on the institutions of national states. Chris Thornhill argues that the establishment of fully democratic, fully inclusive governance systems in national societies was generally impeded by inner-societal structural factors, and that inclusive patterns of democratic citizenship only evolved on the foundation of global legal norms that were consolidated after 1945. He claims that this process can be best understood through a transposition of key insights of classical legal sociology onto the form of global society. Extensive analysis of select case studies in different regions illustrate these claims. Thornhill offers a sociological theory of global law to explain contemporary processes of democratic integration and institutional formation, and contemporary constructions of citizenship and political rights
DOI:
10.1017/9781108186049
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