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"The analytic lens" [2020] ELECD 427; in Lo, I. Vai (ed), "Law and Society in China" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 1

Book Title: Law and Society in China

Editor(s): Lo, I. Vai

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: The analytic lens

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

Chapter 1 sets forth the analytic framework for law and society in China. To provide two working definitions for in-depth discussion, the chapter first outlines the relevant sociological and jurisprudential scholarship on ‘society’ and ‘law’, then introduces the major law-and-society theories (including the evolution theory, functionalism, instrumentalism and critical legal theories), and finally explains the Chinese law in context.