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The Concept of Law in Global Societal Constitutionalism

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Exploring the ‘Legal’ in Socio-Legal Studies

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Abstract

The recent popularity, great variety and conceptual innovations of global legal and constitutional pluralism theories often lead to the academic ritualization and banalization of the very concepts of pluralism, constitutionalism and global society. Nevertheless, the pluralistic conceptualizations of law beyond the basic norm and the rule of recognition also lead to the most original and innovative adoptions of sociological and socio-legal methods by legal theory and jurisprudence.

Some sections of this chapter draw on earlier research outcomes published in the article ‘Asking the Sovereignty Question in Global Legal Pluralism’ (2015) 28 (1) Ratio Juris 31–51.

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  1. University of Bristol Law School, UK

    David Cowan

  2. Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, UK

    Daniel Wincott

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Přibáň, J. (2016). The Concept of Law in Global Societal Constitutionalism. In: Cowan, D., Wincott, D. (eds) Exploring the ‘Legal’ in Socio-Legal Studies. Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-34437-3_3

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