1.Introduction and Overview 1
David Sugarman 1
References 9
2.Karl Renner on Socialist Legality 11
Richard Kinsey 11
Introduction 11
The Basic Theoretical Structure of the Institutions 15
Renner on the Limits of Law in the Transition to Socialism 20
Marx and Renner on Socialism and Socialized Man 21
Renner's Instrumentalism and the Science of Positive Law 25
Association and Regulation:Marx and Renner on The Joint Stock Company as The Form of Socialist Production 27
Conclusion:The Open Questions of Jurisprudence 35
Notes 39
References 40
Further Reading 41
3.Pashukanis and The Commodity Form Theory 43
Ronnie Warrington 43
Introduction 43
Section 1:The Object of the Theory and Pashukanis's Method 44
Section 2:The Commodity Form Theory and the Legal Subject 47
Section 3:Some Criticisms of the Commodity Form Theory 51
Section 4:The Withering Away of Law 58
Conclusion:The Ultimate Commitment to Withering Away 63
Notes 64
Acknowledgements 64
References 64
Further Reading 66
4.Legality and Political Legitimacy in The Sociology of Max Weber 69
Roger Cotterrell 69
Introduction 69
Legitimate Domination 72
Law as The Basis of Legitimacy in The Modern State 73
The Twilight of Natural Law 78
Legal Rationality and Legal Ideology 81
Legitimacy and Personal Values 84
Conclusion 87
Notes 88
References 89
Further Reading 91
5.Gramsci,The State and the Place of Law 95
Maureen Cain 95
Introduction 95
The Intellectuals,State and Civil Society 97
Law 101
Gramsci's Historicism 104
How Should One Think The State? 111
Acknowledgements 115
Notes 115
References 115
Further Reading 116
6.Law,Legitimation and The Advanced Capitalist State:The Jurisprudence and Social Theory of Jurgen Habermas 119
Colin Sumner 119
Introduction 119
Rationalist Natural Law and The Growth of The Advanced Capitalist State 121
The Legitimation Crises of Advanced Capitalism 135
The Development of Normative Structures and The Critique of Legitimations 140
A Critique 146
Acknowledgements 154
Notes 154
References 156
Further Reading 157
7.Law,Plurality and Underdevelopment 159
Peter Fitzpatrick 159
Introduction 159
Some General Theoretical Perspectives on Legal Plurality 160
Plurality and Underdevelopment 163
Legal Plurality and The Third World 170
Towards a Conclusion 174
Notes 176
References 177
Further Reading 180
8.State,Civil Society and Total Institution:A Critique of Recent Social Histories of Punishment 183
Michael Ignatieff 183
References 206
Further Reading 210
9.Law,Economy and The State in England,1750-1914:Some Major Issues 213
David Sugarman 213
Introduction 213
Law and Economy 215
Ideological Dimensions of Law 233
Law,State and Economic Interests 237
Towards an Intellectual History of Law,Economy and the State 245
The Legal Professions 249
Conclusion 253
Notes 259
References 260
Further Reading 265
10.Anarchism,Marxism and The Critique of Law 267
Zenon Bankowski 267
Introduction 267
The Marxist Critiques of Law 273
An Anarchist Critique of Law Exemplified 280
Conclusion 286
Notes 289
References 290
Further Reading 291
Index 293