Introduction: Approaching Law 1
PART 1: Perspectives (Legal and Social Theory) 13
1 Law and Social Theory 15
2 Legal Philosophy and Legal Pluralism 29
3 Why Must Legal Ideas be Interpreted Sociologically? 45
4 A Legal Concept of Community 65
PART 2: Applications (Comparative Law and Culture) 79
5 The Concept of Legal Culture 81
6 Law in Culture 97
7 Is There a Logic of Legal Transplants? 109
8 Sociology and Comparative Law 127
9 Interpretation in Comparative Law 145
Conclusion: Frontiers of Community 161
Bibliography 171
Index 189
About the Author 199