Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I OVERVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF FRIEDMAN'S WORK
- PART II APPLICATIONS OF CONCEPTS, INSIGHTS, AND METHODS IN FRIEDMAN'S WORK
- PART III THE LEGAL PROFESSION
- PART IV LAW AND LARGE AREAS OF SOCIAL LIFE
- PART V FACTS FROM THE UNDERGROUND: DIGGING LEGAL HISTORY OUT OF THE CELLAR
- PART VI PERSPECTIVES FROM OTHER CONCEPTUAL WORLDS
- 20 Sociological Jurisprudence – Impossible but Necessary
- 21 How American Legal Academics' Positions on Economic-Efficiency Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Valid Legal Argument Disserve Law and Society Empirical Research
- Index
- Titles in the series
- References
20 - Sociological Jurisprudence – Impossible but Necessary
The Case of Contractual Networks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I OVERVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF FRIEDMAN'S WORK
- PART II APPLICATIONS OF CONCEPTS, INSIGHTS, AND METHODS IN FRIEDMAN'S WORK
- PART III THE LEGAL PROFESSION
- PART IV LAW AND LARGE AREAS OF SOCIAL LIFE
- PART V FACTS FROM THE UNDERGROUND: DIGGING LEGAL HISTORY OUT OF THE CELLAR
- PART VI PERSPECTIVES FROM OTHER CONCEPTUAL WORLDS
- 20 Sociological Jurisprudence – Impossible but Necessary
- 21 How American Legal Academics' Positions on Economic-Efficiency Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Valid Legal Argument Disserve Law and Society Empirical Research
- Index
- Titles in the series
- References
Summary
SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE – AN OXYMORON
“Network is not a legal concept.” If Richard Buxbaum's apodictic judgment is true, then lawyers have little to say about networks. Should they wish to make appropriate judgments when business networks, franchising arrangements, just-in-time-systems, or virtual enterprises do cross their paths, then they must consult social scientists, such as economists, organizational theorists, and sociologists. For better or for worse, they must engage in law, in action, and in sociological jurisprudence.
Lawrence Friedman would agree with such a realistic approach. Already in his first major monograph on contract law, he explored the law in action rather than the law in the books. In his later works he demonstrated the responsiveness of the legal order to the manifold forces of economic, technological, and social change. From Friedman's perspective, the legal system functions largely as a dependent variable, with lawmakers responding to underlying developments in science, medicine, technology, economic organization, and shifting moral beliefs. In his recent book, American Law in the Twentieth Century, he states his case quite clearly: “The main theme of this book is that law is a product of society.”
Yet, “sociological jurisprudence” is a pipe dream. After a heated debate for almost a century, lawyers know that, logically speaking, it is an oxymoron – like a white raven. Practically speaking, it necessarily falters in the face of the normative closure of the legal system.
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- Law, Society, and HistoryThemes in the Legal Sociology and Legal History of Lawrence M. Friedman, pp. 367 - 394Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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