This volume deals with various social-science perspectives on law and legal control pertaining to music in a variety of contexts. Under influence of important recent social developments, especially in the realm of communications technology, the world of music has been changing very rapidly and profoundly these past decades. As a result, the world of music, especially popular music, has been subject to a range of new legal issues. This volume brings together some 15 scholars to contribute their respective chapters on the socio-legal aspects involved in music as a social reality. The chapters address various pertinent questions from the perspective of socio-legal studies, sociology of law, jurisprudence, and related social and behavioral sciences. The issues addressed can range from matters of formal law and legislation to law-related behavior, deviance, and informal normative structures and processes that have a relevance to music, whether in a contemporary or historical setting. Thematically diverse within the province of the social and behavioral sciences related to law, the chapters in this volume are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation.

About the Author
Deflem, Prof. M - University of South Carolina, USA

Reviews
This edited volume provides an excellent insight into the diverse subject area and various intersections of music and law. Here, the internationality and interdisciplinarity of authorship is particularly noteworthy and grants fascinating insights into the different local cultures and legal systems.' Christian Wickert, University of Hamburg, Institute for Criminological Research - IKS.



Book Information
ISBN 9781783500369
Author Mathieu Deflem
Format Hardback
Page Count 350
Imprint Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 544g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm