Legal and Moral Sociology

Critical notes are presented on the following works: (1) Alain Sayag, ESSAI SUR LE BESOIN CREATEUR DE DROIT (Essay on Need as Creator of Law, Librairie Generale de Droit et de Jurisprudence, Paris, 1969); an original view of the way in which a need engenders subjective laws or rights. (2) Marie-Pierre Marmier, SOCIOLOGIE DE L'ADOPTION, ETUDE DE SOCIOLOGIE JURIDIQUE (Sociology of Adoption, Study in Legal Sociology, Librairie Generale de Droit et Jurisprudence, Paris, 1969); a pioneering work. (3) L. Sfez, ESSAI SUR LA CONTRIBUTION DU DOYEN HAURIOU AU DROIT ADMINISTRATIF FRANCAIS (Essay on the Contribution of Dean Hauriou to French Administrative Law, Paris, 1966); reveals the interest of Hauriou in sociol. (4) Jean Dru, DE L'ETAT SOCIALISTE, T. II: ICI, MAINTENANT ET DAMAIN (On the Socialist State, Vol II: Here, Now and Tomorrow, 2 Vol's, Paris, R. Julliard, 1965, 1968); rather than a study of the structures of the socialist state, this is a discussion of the problems posed by incorporation of socialism into instit's. (5) Institut de Sociologie (Solvay), Centre d'Etude des Pays de l'Est, LE REGIME ET LES INSTITUTIONS POPULAIRES DE HONGRIE (The Regime and Popular Institutions in Hungary, Brussels, 1968); a deceptive collection; nowhere are pol'al institut's discussed. (6) MELANGES OFFERTS A POLYS MODINOS (Essays Presented to Polys Modinos, Editions, Pedone, 1968); centered around the themes of human rights & European unification. (7) POUR UN DROIT JUSTE ET UNE GESTION MODERNE (For a Just Law and a Modern Administration, Melanges Georges Langrod, Paris, Editions S.E.R.P.I.C., 1969); essays on law & admin'ive sci. (8) Alain Darbel & Dominique Schnapper, LES AGENTS DU SYSTEME ADMINISTRATIF (The Agents of the Administrative System, Cahiers du Centre de Sociologie Europeenne, Paris, Mouton, 1969); the actual text is short but extremely rich in material. (9) SOCIOLOGIE DE LA CONSTRUCTION NATIONALE DANS LES NOUVEAUX ETATS (Sociology of National Construction in the New States, VIe Colloque de l'Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Francaise, Royaumont, 28-29-30 Octobre 1965, Brussels, Editions de l'Institut de Sociologie, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1968). (10) L'ORGANISATION JUDICIAIRE EN AFRIQUE NOIRE. ETUDES (Judicial Organizationin Black Africa. Studies, Colloquium Organized by the Centre d'Histoire et d'Ethnologie Juridiques, under the direction of John Gilissen, Brussels, Editions de l'Institut de Sociologie, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1