TY - JOUR

T1 - On Pierre Bourdieu's Legal Thought

T2 - Toward a Classic of Socio-Legal Studies

AU - Kretschmann, Andrea

PY - 2025/10

Y1 - 2025/10

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Sociology

KW - sociology of law

KW - State of the art

KW - Bourdieu

KW - law

KW - bourdieu's legal thought

KW - sociology of law

KW - socio-legal studies

KW - state of the art

KW - Law

KW - Pierre Bourdieu

KW - socio-legal Studies

KW - Bourdieu's legal thought

U2 - 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-062124-122138

DO - 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-062124-122138

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 21

SP - 17

EP - 34

JO - Annual Review of Law and Social Science

JF - Annual Review of Law and Social Science

SN - 1550-3585

ER -