Table of Contents

1.From 'Men of Files' to 'Men of the Senses': A Brief Characterization of Eugen Ehrlich's Sociology of Law Marc Hertogh Part One: EUGEN EHRLICH: LIFE, WORK AND CONTEXT 2.Governing in the Vernacular: Eugen Ehrlich and Late Habsburg Ethnography Monica Eppinger 3.Venus in Czernowitz: Sacher-Masoch, Ehrlich and the Fin de Siècle Crisis of Legal Reason Assaf Likhovski Part Two: EHRLICH'S SOCIOLOGY OF LAW 4.Ehrlich at the Edge of Empire: Centres and Peripheries in Legal Studies Roger Cotterrell 5.Eugen Ehrlich's Linking of Sociology and Jurisprudence and the Reception of his work in Japan Stefan Vogl Part Three: EHRLICH AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 6.Facts and Norms: The Unfinished Debate Between Eugen Ehrlich and Hans Kelsen Bart van Klink 7.Pounding on Ehrlich. Again? Salif Nimaga 8.The Social Life of Living Law in Indonesia Franz von Benda-Beckmann & Keebet von Benda-Beckmann Part Four: EHRLICH AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES 9.Naturalism and Agency in the Living Law Jeremy Webber 10.World Society, Nation State and Living Law in the 21st Century Klaus A. Ziegert 11.Ehrlich's Legacies: Back to the Future in the Sociology of Law? David Nelken

About the Author

Marc Hertogh is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Reviews

Living Law: Reconsidering Eugen Ehrlich offers the considered opinions of several scholars on the significance of Ehrlich's work from his first publications more than a century ago until today. In reading this volume, one is struck by Ehrlich's prescience. His notion of "living law" is a precursor to a wide range of concepts that still shape law and society discourse. It has served as a constructive contrast to Pound's "law in action" for many decades now, but it also foreshadowed studies of legal pluralism and legal consciousness. [A]nyone inclined to re/read Ehrlich's magnum opus would do well to study Hertogh's collection as a companion volume. Dan Steward Law & Society Review Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2011 This volume is a scholarly and highly commendable contribution to the study of Ehrlich's thought and is likely to stimulate further work on non-state law and legal consciousness; certainly, any scholar with an interest in sociological jurisprudence shall find it to be an invaluable resource about an extremely interesting and influential figure. Tim Murphy Dublin University Law Journal Vol. 31, No. 1, December 2009 All of the essays are well-written and present cogent arguments John H. Bogart Law and Politics Book Review December 2010