On Pierre Bourdieu's Legal Thought: Toward a Classic of Socio-Legal Studies

Andrea Kretschmann

doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-062124-122138

On Pierre Bourdieu's Legal Thought: Toward a Classic of Socio-Legal Studies

Andrea Kretschmann

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Abstract

Although Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most important and influential sociologists of the twentieth century, his socio-legal thinking has become more widely recognized only recently. This is largely because Bourdieu never presented his own sociology of law; rather, he generated his socio-legal insights in passing while he focused on phenomena other than law. Nevertheless, he contributed extremely important ideas about law in modern societies. This article considers Bourdieu's legal thinking on socio-legal studies and discusses the hitherto untapped potential of his conceptions of law.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Jahrgang	21
Ausgabenummer	1
Seiten (von - bis)	17-34
Seitenumfang	18
ISSN	1550-3585
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-062124-122138
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 10.2025

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Soziologie
sociology of law
State of the art
Rechtswissenschaft
Pierre Bourdieu
socio-legal Studies
Bourdieu's legal thought

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