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Semantics or Sustainability: Socio‐legal Research in Family Law, or Sociology of Law and Family Justice
Author(s) -
Maclean Mavis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1467-6478
pISSN - 0263-323X
DOI - 10.1111/jols.12049
Subject(s) - sociology , sociology of law , economic justice , confusion , law , empirical legal studies , legal research , semantics (computer science) , family law , political science , social science , psychology , programming language , computer science , psychoanalysis
This article first addresses the question of semantics in the rapidly developing field of law and society in the United Kingdom, and suggests that the various terminologies (sociology of law, socio‐legal studies, empirical legal studies, and more) indicate lively development rather than confusion, and should be a source of congratulation not concern. The second part of the article takes the development of the study of family justice as an example in addressing the issue of sustainability through methodological development and methods of communication which may provide the key to an ongoing contribution to the understanding of law in society.