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Law and Society

Law and society: introduction, the harvard library catalog: hollis, selected hollis searches for law and society research, selected books: general treatises, selected books: compilations and readers, selected books: research and reference, selected book series, selected journals.

For the purposes of this research guide, "law and society"  represents the intersection between societal development, norms, and practices and the roles and functions of law and legal institutions.  It is multidisciplinary in nature, and may involve various research approaches and methodologies that are found in social and behavioral science disciplines, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, ethnography, criminology, economics, political science, philosophy, history, and others.

The Law and Society Association (LSA) ( https://www.lawandsociety.org/ ) is a professional organization, founded in 1964, that is devoted to scholarship in this area.  The LSA meets once a year and publishes a scholarly journal, the Law & Society Review .

The following online reference materials provide information about law and society in general:

  • International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Law and Everyday Life Patricia Ewick (2015).
  • International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Law and Society Lora M. Levett and Adina M. Thompson (2015).
  • Oxford Bibliographies: Law and Society Joachim J. Savelsberg and Lara L. Cleveland (2017).
  • Oxford Bibliographies: Sociology of Law Mathieu Deflem (2015).
  • Oxford Companion to American Law: Law and Society Movement Kermit L. Hall (ed.) (2004).
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History: Law and Society Lynn Dumenil (ed.) (2013).
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of Legal History: Law and Society Stanley N. Katz (ed.) (2009)
  • Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities Simon Stern, Maksymilian Del Mar, and Bernadette Meyler (2019)
  • Oxford Handbook of Political Science: Law and Society Lynn Mather (2013).
  • Research Handbook on the Sociology of International Law Moshe Hirsch and Andrew Lang (2018)

This guide provides references to selected books, book series, journals, and other materials that are related to law in society, with particular focus on cross-disciplinary scholarship that is cultural in nature, such as law and sociology and law and anthropology.  

Research assistance is available to Harvard Law affiliates -- contact us at [email protected] .

The Harvard Library catalog, HOLLIS, includes records for the millions of books and other items in all of the Harvard libraries' collections, including the law library.  It also includes index entries for periodical articles.

The Subject fields of many HOLLIS records include controlled, predefined vocabulary terms from a subject outline established by the Library of Congress, the  Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) ( http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html ) .  Although there are also other lists of subject terms that catalogers also use, the LCSH subject keywords predominate in HOLLIS catalog records, especially in records for newer materials.

This guide includes links to pre-populated HOLLIS searches by subject, using LCSH and other predefined subject terms. There are also links to some general keyword searches, using terms of art that appear in the literature related to this topic. 

A link to a pre-populated search in this guide appears as follows:

HOLLIS Search: Subject =  "Law -- Social Aspects"

The HOLLIS searches listed below are intentionally broad. To reconfigure and/or limit the displayed search results after clicking a link to a pre-populated search, you can do any or all of the following:

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  • Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and its Relation to Modern Ideas by Henry Sumner Maine Publication Date: 1864 (1986 reprint)
  • Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction by Mark Goodale Publication Date: 2017
  • The Concept of Law by H.L.A. Hart Publication Date: 1961
  • Explaining Law: Macrosociological Theory and Empirical Evidence by Larry D. Barnett Publication Date: 2015
  • Fundamental Principles of the Sociology of Law by Eugene Ehrlich Publication Date: 1936, this translation published in 2002
  • Human Dignity and Law: Legal and Philosophical Investigations by Stephen Riley Publication Date: 2018
  • Law, Culture, and Society: Legal Ideas in the Mirror of Social Theory by Roger Cotterrell Publication Date: 2006
  • Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction by Anthony Walsh Publication Date: 2014 (3rd ed.)
  • Law and Anthropology by Wolfgang Fikentscher Publication Date: 2016 (2nd ed)
  • Law and Society: An Introduction by Steven Barkan Publication Date: 2018 (2nd ed.)
  • Law as Culture: An Invitation by Lawrence Rosen Publication Date: 2006
  • Law in a Changing Society by Wolfgang Friedmann Publication Date: 1959 Available through Hein as an eBook.
  • Law in Many Societies: A Reader by Lawrence M. Friedman, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, and Manuel A. Gómez (eds.) Publication Date: 2011
  • Law in Modern Society: Toward a Criticism of Social Theory by Roberto Unger Publication Date: 1976
  • The Politics of Juridification by Mariano Croce Publication Date: 2018
  • The Rule of Law in the Real World by Paul Gowder Publication Date: 2016
  • Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry by Roger Cotterrell Publication Date: 2018
  • The Sociological Movement in Law by Alan Hunt Publication Date: 1978
  • Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition by Mathieu Deflem Publication Date: 2008
  • After Identity: A Reader in Law and Culture by Dan Danielsen and Karen Engle (eds.) Publication Date: 1995
  • Exploring the "Socio" of Socio-Legal Studies by Dermot Feenan (ed.) Publication Date: 2013
  • Law & Society: Readings on the Social Study of Law by Stewart Macaulay, Lawrence M. Friedman, John Stookey (eds.) Publication Date: 1995
  • The Law & Society Reader by Richard L. Abel (ed.) Publication Date: 1995
  • Law, Legal Culture, and Society: Mirrored Identities of the Legal Order by Alberto Febbrajo (ed.) Publication Date: 2019
  • Law and Social Theory by Reza Banakar and Max Trevers (eds.) Publication Date: 2013 (2nd ed)
  • The Law and Society Reader II by Erik W. Larson and Patrick D. Schmidt (eds.) Publication Date: 2014
  • Law in Action: A Socio-Legal Reader by Stewart Macaulay, Lawrence M. Friedman, Elizabeth Mertz (eds.) Publication Date: 2007
  • Private Life and Public Order: The Context of Modern Public Policy by Theodore J. Lowi (ed.) Publication Date: 1968
  • The Role of Social Science in Law by Elizabeth Mertz (ed.) Publication Date: 2008
  • Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions by Denis J. Galligan and Mila Versteeg (eds.) Publication Date: 2013
  • Sociological Constitutionalism by Paul Blokker, Chris Thornhill (eds.) Publication Date: 2017
  • The Sociology of Law: Interdisciplinary Readings by Rita James Simon (ed.) Publication Date: 1968
  • Sociology of Law: Selected Readings by Vilhelm Aubert (ed.) Publication Date: 1969
  • Analyzing Law's Reach: Empirical Research on Law and Society by American Bar Association Publication Date: 2008
  • Law and Society: Critical Concepts in Law by David Cowan, Linda Mulcahy and Sally Wheeler (eds.) Publication Date: 2014 Four-volume set published by Oxford University Press.
  • The Sociology of Law: An Expanded Bibliography of Theoretical Literature by A. Javier Trevino Publication Date: 2007 (4th ed)
  • Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research by Reza Banakar and Max Travers (eds.) Publication Date: 2005
  • The American Moment Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought University of Michigan Press
  • Applied Legal Philosophy Dartmouth
  • Bibliothèque de droit social Librarie général de droit et de jurisprudence
  • Borzoi Books in Law and American Society Knopf / Random House
  • Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Cambridge University Press
  • Clarendon Law Series Oxford University Press
  • Contemporary Law Series Yale University Press
  • Current Legal Issues Oxford University Press
  • Discourses of Law Routledge
  • Fundamental Issues in Law and Society Research Northwestern University Press and the American Bar Association
  • The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory New York University Press
  • The International Library of Essays in Law and Society Ashgate Publishing
  • Juris Diversitas Ashgate Publishing / Routledge
  • Landmark Law Cases & American Society University Press of Kansas
  • Law, Meaning, and Violence University of Michigan Press
  • Law and Social Theory Pluto Press
  • Law and Society Series Publishers that have series with this title include Transaction Publishers and the University of British Columbia Press.
  • Law in Society Robertson (UK), Wiley (US)
  • Legal Discourse and Communication Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Legal Issues of Services of General Interest T.M.C. Asser Press
  • Legal Latin in Practice New York University Press
  • Morality and Society University of Chicago Press
  • Nomos New York University Press
  • Oxford Socio-Legal Studies Oxford University Press
  • Oñati International Series in Law and Society Hart Publishing
  • Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies Palgrave Macmillan
  • Penser le Droit Bruylant
  • Routledge Research in Applied Ethics Routledge
  • Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy Routledge
  • Routledge Studies in Law, Society, and Popular Culture Routledge
  • Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Routledge
  • Social Justice Routledge - note that this publisher has two series with "Social Justice" in the title, and the search returns both.
  • Studies in the Sociology of Law Routledge
  • Studies on Law and Social Control Academic Press
  • Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL) Boom Juridische / Eleven
  • Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference Yale University Press
  • Annual Review of Law and Social Science
  • Behavioral Science and Policy
  • Crime, Law and Social Change
  • Duke Forum for Law and Social Change
  • Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
  • Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge
  • International Journal of Law in Context
  • International Journal of Society and Law Note: In 2007, the name of this journal was changed to "International Journal of Law, Crime, and Justice."
  • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
  • Journal of Law and Courts Publication of the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
  • Journal of Law and Social Change
  • Journal of Law and Society
  • The Journal of Law in Society
  • The Journal of Legal Studies
  • Journal of Social Policy
  • Law & Social Inquiry
  • Law & Society Review
  • Law, Culture and the Humanities
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  • Law and Humanities
  • Law in American Society
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  • Modern Law Review
  • Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy
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  • Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
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  • Social Policy and Society
  • Social Politics
  • Social Problems
  • Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
  • Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law
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