Abstract
Tamanaha discusses Marc Galanter's holistic vision of the socio-legal terrain. Galanter's socio-legal vision has two central overlapping foci, and he always keeps an eye on each and on their interaction. The first focus is the official state legal system, which he examines from every conceivable angle: who becomes lawyers, how are they trained, how many lawyers are there, what are the circumstances of their work environment, who pays for their services. Galanter also focuses on what they are not doing (intentionally or otherwise), inquiring into the implications and consequences of their inaction. These inquiries extend from the official legal system to engage, encompass, and interact with Galanter's second central focus: the social realm of intercourse and regulation. This social realm, in Galanter's vision, is chock full of a plurality of interacting, overlapping, active regulatory systems of every kind-from religious systems, to corporations, to sports leagues, to the family.
Citation
Brian Z. Tamanaha,
A Holistic Vision of the Socio-Legal Terrain,
71 Law and Contemporary Problems
89-98
(Spring 2008)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol71/iss2/7