The Human Face of Law
Essays in Honour of Donald Harris
Published on 27. March 1997
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-0-19-826247-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book marks the retirement of Donald Harris as Director of the Socio-Legal Studies Institute, Oxford University. Dr Harris was at the forefront of the move in legal scholarship from traditional black-letter approaches to one supplemented by a socio-legal perspective, making use of the insights of the social sciences. His success can be seen in this unique volume of original essays by some of the most distinguished scholars in this field, all of whom have connections with the Centre. The essays range from an economic analysis of the law, the behaviour of lawyers in the business world, the property and financial consequences of divorce, to current tensions between judges and politicians. All are fused by their achievement in providing a succinct summary of the current state of research while making a considered assessment of future directions.
Reviews / Votes
a tribute to Don Harris.../ this admirable book is a fitting tribute to his very distinguished contribution to English law. / Henry Brooke, Balliol College RecordMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
frontispiece, line figures
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
643 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-826247-3 (9780198262473)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ketih Hawkins has worked at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies since it opened in 1972. He is Reader in Law and Society, Oxford University, and Fellow and Tutor of Oriel College, Oxford.
Content
Prologue: Donald Harris and the Early Years of the Oxford Centre ; Law's Relationship with Social Science: The Interdependence of Theory, Empirical Work and Social Relevance in Socio-Legal Studies ; Profit and Virtue: Economic Theory and the Regulation of Occupational Health in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth century Britain ; Regulation after Command and Control ; Exemplary Damages and Economic Analysis ; Four Offers and a Trial: The Economics of Out-of-Court Settlements ; Professional Inattention: Origins and Consequences ; Knowing the Buzzwords and Clapping for Tinkerbell: The Context, Content and Qualities of Lawyers' Knowledge in a Specialised Industrial Field ; Creative Compliance and the Defeat of Legal Control: The Magic of the Orphan Subsidiary ; Doctrine and Practice in Commercial Law ; Property and Financial Adjustment after Divorce in the 1990s - Unfinished Business ; Judges, Politics, Politicians and the Confusing Role of the Judiciary