European Ways of Law : Towards a European Sociology of Law (Hardcover)

Introduction: Studying European Ways of Law Volkmar Gessner, David Nelken A - Theorising 'European' Legal Culture 1. Images of Europe in Sociolegal Traditions Roger Cotterrell 2. American and European Ways of Law: Six Entrenched Differences Robert A Kagan 3. La place paradoxale de la culture juridique Americaine dans la mondialisation Antoine Garapon 4. Globalisation and the Rise of Procedural Informalism in Europe and America Wolf Heydebrand 5. American and European Forms of Social Theory reflecting Social Practice Richard Munch B - Re-constructing Europe 6. 'Cold War Law': Legal Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of a European Legal Field (1945-1965) Antonin Cohen and Mikael Rask Madsen 7. The Transformation of Sub-State Nationalism in Conflicted Societies: the Impact of European Constitutionalism Victoria Jennett 8. Is There the Spirit of the European Laws? Critical Remarks on the EU Constitution-making, Enlargement and Political Culture Jiri Priban 9. How to Conceptualise Law in European Union Integration Processes? Perspectives from the Literature and Empirical Research Bettina Lange C - European Styles of Legal Regulation 10. EU Ways of Governing the Marketing of Pharmaceuticals-a Shift towards more Integration, Better Consumer Protection and Better Regulation? Barbel Dorbeck-Jung and Mirjan Oude Vrielink-van Heffen 11. Embedded and Disembedded Rationality: Contributions to Global Governance from European and US American Legal Cultures Gerd Winter 12. Dutch Legal Culture and Technological Transitions-the Impact of Dutch Government Interventions Helen Stout and Martin de Jong 13. Early Intervention and the Cultures of Youth Justice: A Comparison of Italy and Wales Stewart Field and David Nelken