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The Concept Of The Self In Legal Culture, Lawrence M. Friedman
The Concept Of The Self In Legal Culture, Lawrence M. Friedman
Cleveland State Law Review
This essay is an exploration in the domain of legal culture, or, in other words, an exploration of those social ideas and concepts that shape and underpin the law.' Specifically, it is about the concept of the individual, or the self, and how this concept makes its mark on the legal order. The basic theme of this essay can be wrapped up in one small package: society, and law, has moved in the direction of expressive individualism over the last century or so, especially in the last few decades. Whatever the sources of this change "outside" the legal system, its …
Book Review, Arthur R. Landever
Book Review, Arthur R. Landever
Cleveland State Law Review
This review discusses two texts by Roberto Mangabeira Unger - Knowledge and Politics and Law in Modern Society: Toward a Criticism of Social Theory. In first of these writings the author attacks classical liberalism. He believes that liberalism often contradicts itself and falsely categorizes the goals of individuals as being focused on independence from society. The second of these texts uses historical and global content in order to better understand modern social theory and the ties that keep society going.