Ubiquitous Law

Emmanuel Melissaris is a Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics, UK

• Contents: Introduction; Perspective, critique and pluralism in legal theory; Orthodoxies and heterodoxies of legal pluralism; On the theoretical groundwork of legal pluralism; Interperspectival critical legal theory; The contours of institutionalised legal discourse; Shared normative experiences and the space for legal pluralism; On the chronology (and topology) of the legal; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'...it provides a wealth of insightful, scholarly and wide-ranging discussion. It deserves to be read by anyone interested in the now vitally important task of exploring the nature of legal pluralism as a contemporary phenomenon, and as a key organizing idea for current theoretical inquiries about law.' Law and Politics Book Review ’This excellent book may scare off many traditional and mentally-enslaved lawyers by proposing that law is ’ubiquitous’. But we cannot sit on the fence; we have to make decisions, all the time. Are such decisions adequate and ’just’? This book’s case for wider acceptance of the methodologies of legal pluralism is exceedingly well argued.’ Social & Legal Studies ’Melissaris has made a sophisticated and substantial contribution to our understanding of the legal and normative plurality of the present. The book deserves to be widely read.’ Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence