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Still Afraid of Legal Pluralism? Encountering Santi Romano

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Romano, Santi. The Legal Order. 2nd ed. Translated by MarianoCroce. New York / Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2017.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

Roger Cotterrell
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Abstract

The second edition of Santi Romano’s book, The Legal Order, now appearing in its first English translation (2017), is a pioneer text of legal pluralism. Its interest lies in its extreme radicalism and in the fact that, although it is written by a lawyer, its argument has many important political implications and addresses core conceptual issues in contemporary sociolegal studies of legal pluralism. The social and political context of Romano’s book in early twentieth-century Italy is far from being solely of historical interest. Issues that surrounded his juristic thinking in its time resonate with important political and social issues of today.

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Review Symposium: Law and Society Meets Jurisprudence
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , May 2020 , pp. 539 - 558
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© American Bar Foundation 2019

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