On the surface, we might think that French classical sociological theory, like Marx's the ory, was directly and positively influenced by the Enlightenment. French sociology be came rational, empirical, scientific, and change-oriented, but not before it was also shaped by a set of ideas developed in reaction to the Enlightenment. In Seidman's view, "The ideology of the counter-Enlightenment repr…
Law has a complex relationship to the phenomenon of change, it is an instrument, a cause and an inhibitor of change. The law has both effected and been affected by extraordinary changes, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This interdisciplinary collection addresses, from a range of perspectives, the theme of 'changing law'. The essays cover historical and cont…