Communitarianism in Law And Society

by Seters, Van Paul; Beer, Paul de; Beus, Jos de; Brugger, Winfried; Cotterrell, Roger; Hemerijck, Anton; Pessers, Dorien; Peters, Toon; Selznick, Philip; Seters, Paul van; Taekema, Sanne; Witteveen, Willem

• ISBN13: 9780742522701
• ISBN10: 0742522709
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-18
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this new collection of essays, Paul van Seters brings together an international group of scholars from diverse academic backgrounds to reflect upon the remarkable rise of communitarianism in contemporary studies of law and society. These essays critically assess the communitarian perspective in order to gain a more systematic insight into its distinctive constraints and the special opportunities it provides.

Table of Contents

Preface Law and Communitarianism: Constraints and Opportunities	vii
Paul van Seters
Introduction Communitarianism in Law and Society	1	(18)
Paul van Seters
Part I: Law and Community in Socio-Legal Studies
1 The Jurisprudence of Communitarian Liberalism	19	(14)
Philip Selznick
2 Living Law Revisited: Communitarianism and Sociology of Law	33	(38)
Roger Cotterrell
3 Law and Society in Japan
Toon Peters
Part II: Communitarianism in the European Arena
4 The European Union as Community: An Argument about the Public Sphere in International Society and Politics	71	(38)
Jos de Beus
5 Deepening Social Europe through Legal Pluralism	109	(42)
Anton Hemerijck
6 A Liberal Critique of Communitarian Economics	151	(12)
Paul de Beer
Part III: The Social Values of Law
7 Protection or Prohibition of Aggressive Speech? Arguments from the Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives	163	(38)
Winfried Brugger
8 The Tension between the Law of justice and the Law of Love	201	(14)
Dorien Pessers
9 The Appeal to Common Tradition: Its Progressive Potential	215	(16)
Saline Taekema
Conclusion
Toward a "Communitarian" Concept of Law: The Case of the Questionable European Constitution	231	(30)
Willem Witteveen
Index	261	(10)
About the Editor and Contributors	271