Title The sociology of law and the global transformation of democracy / Chris Thornhill, University of Manchester.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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Description	1 online resource
Series	Global law series
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The paradox of democracy and the sociology of law -- National democracy and global law -- Before the law? -- Politics becomes the law -- The reconstruction of democratic agency -- Conclusion.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	This book provides a new legal-sociological account of contemporary democracy. It is based on a revision of standard positions in democratic theory, reflecting the impact of global legal norms on the institutions of national states. Chris Thornhill argues that the establishment of fully democratic, fully inclusive governance systems in national societies was generally impeded by inner-societal structural factors, and that inclusive patterns of democratic citizenship only evolved on the foundation of global legal norms that were consolidated after 1945. He claims that this process can be best understood through a transposition of key insights of classical legal sociology onto the form of global society. Extensive analysis of select case studies in different regions illustrate these claims. Thornhill offers a sociological theory of global law to explain contemporary processes of democratic integration and institutional formation, and contemporary constructions of citizenship and political rights. This title is also available as Open Access.
Local Note	Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books
Subject	Sociological jurisprudence.
	Law -- Political aspects.
	Democracy -- Social aspects.
	Democracy -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00890110
	Law -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00993795
	Sociological jurisprudence. (OCoLC)fst01123856
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781316649060 9781107199903 (DLC) 2018009340 (OCoLC)1019991718
ISBN	9781108186049
	1108186041
	9781107199903 (hardback)
	1107199905 (hardback)
	9781316649060 (paperback)
	1316649067 (paperback)

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