This book approaches law as a process embedded in transnational personal, religious, communicative and economic relationships that mediate between international, national and local practices, norms and values. It uses the concept 'living law' to describe the multiplicity of norms manifest in transna[...]
The work of Eugen Ehrlich (1862 - 1922) is directly relevant for an understanding of law in society and of the role of sociology of law, for both law and social sciences. Today, it is possible to see behind the smokescreen of historical debates and to assess his key ideas in the light of today'[...]