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法社会学 (ほうしゃかいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

法ほう社しゃ会かい学がく

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Meanings

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sociology of law

Academic field studying the relationship between law and society, including how social factors influence legal systems and vice versa.

彼かれは大だい学がくで法ほう社しゃ会かい学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

He is majoring in sociology of law at university.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
社company, firm, office
会meeting, meet, party
学study, learning, science

Related words

法ほう哲てつ学がく
法哲学 (philosophy of law) focuses on normative and conceptual questions about law, while 法社会学 empirically studies law's social dimensions.
法ほうと経けい済ざい学がく
法と経済学 (law and economics) applies economic analysis to legal rules, whereas 法社会学 uses sociological methods.

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法ほう+社しゃ会かい学がく

Etymology

Compound of 法 (law) + 社会学 (sociology). A calque from Western academic terminology, likely from English 'sociology of law' or German 'Rechtssoziologie'.