Through the mid-twentieth century, jurisprudents considered sociological jurisprudence to be one of the most influential theories of law in the United States. By end of the century, however, it had virtually disappeared. The publication of Roger Cotterrell’s Sociological Jurisprudence: Juristic Thought and Social Inquiry (2018) provides an occasion to examine what this theory of law was about, why it disappeared, and its prospects for revival. The topics covered in this essay are the circumstances surrounding the origin of sociological jurisprudence, the tenets of sociological jurisprudence, the successes of sociological jurisprudence, its relationship with sociology of law, its relationship with legal realism, its place in contemporary jurisprudence, and finally, the need to keep jurisprudence open.

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社会学法理学的过去和现在

整个 20 世纪中叶，法学家认为社会学法理学是美国最具影响力的法律理论之一。然而，到本世纪末，它实际上已经消失了。罗杰·科特雷尔的出版社会学法理学：法学思想与社会探究(2018) 提供了一个机会来审视这种法律理论的内容、它为何消失以及它的复兴前景。本文涵盖的主题包括社会学法学的起源、社会学法学的宗旨、社会学法学的成功、它与法律社会学的关系、它与法律现实主义的关系、它在当代法学中的地位，最后，保持法理学开放的必要性.