User:Reswik/Sociology/sociology of law outline

This outline is based on contents of some sociology of law and political sociology texts:

Outline of Sociology of law article

History

• Foundations
• Sociological Movement in Law

Perspectives

• Marxism
• Types of authority and thought (Weber)
• Social organization and morality (Durkheim)
• Structural-Funcationalism
• Critical legal studies
• Comparative legal studies
• Feminist theories
• Postmodern theories
• Other perspectives

Selected Topics

• Legal systems
• Legal institutions
• Law making (social construction of law and mores)
• Social control
• Dispute resolution
• Social change
  • (summarize here?; mainly deal with in political sociology?)
  • broad trends: industrialization; globalization
  • politics and revolutions
  • activism and social movements
• Legal profession

Research methods

• Historical
• Observation
• Survey
• Quasi-experiment
• Policy and evaluation research

See also

• Lists
• Related topics

Notes on Sociology of law article

Perhaps the perspectives and selected topics sections should be merged?