Naslov
Research approaches to the legal culture

Autori
Čehulić, Mateja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Law and Citizenship Beyond The States

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 10.09.2018. - 13.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
content analysis, legal culture, topic, definition, research method

Sažetak
Since 1970's, prominent authors in the field of legal culture were focused on theoretical definitions and criticisms of the concept, constantly re-emphasizing the importance of addressing it. On the other hand, despite the difficulties of conceptualization and operationalization of the concept „legal culture”, scientists continued to research and use it in argumentation of many social phenomena. In addition to law and sociology, interest in legal culture also emerged in anthropology, politics, economy and other social sciences. Given that there isn't one, clear and concrete definition of legal culture, its elements and characteristics, the question of the use, meaning, and study of legal culture is still open. With a goal of finding the most effective approach of defining and researching legal culture in the academic community, we conducted a content analysis of the scientific papers that dealt with it. For this purpose, the research covered papers published in scientific citation indexing services - Web of Science and Scopus. Selecting criteria was that text is scientific article in English, with title, key words, summary and/or text containing the term legal culture. The aim of content analysis was to detect the definitions of "legal culture", the theoretical starting points and the research method in empirical research on "legal culture", specific topics in the field of "legal culture", as well as topics within which "legal culture" was mentioned. The analysis has shown the widespread use of concept in the field of social sciences, as well as the diversity of approaches and topics that are related to the concept of legal culture. At the same time, the analysis identified different forms of definition of legal culture, as well as frequently referring to the notion of legal culture as self- explanatory, without assigning meaning. Although this is proof of the scientific plurality and relevance of legal culture in social sciences, it's necessary to insist on a clearer definition, meaning and elements of legal culture in order to secure theoretical and empirical development, and enhance the usefulness and efficiency of the concept in explaining social phenomena.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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