Practice Theory and Law On Practices in Legal and Social Sciences | Law

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This book engages the field of practice theory in order to consider law as a social practice. Taking up the theoretical concept of practices the contributors to this volume maintain that law can be fruitfully understood as one among other social practices. Including perspectives from philosophers of language experts in practice theory linguists and legal philosophers the book examines the twin questions of what it means for law to be considered a practice and what law’s place is among other social practices. The book is comprised of three parts. The first provides a broad methodological framework for discussing how the concept of practice is used in the social sciences and in law. The secon…