ABSTRACT

This article explores how classical sociological theories such as functionalism, critical approaches, and Weberian intepretivism, can help understand the legal profession in the digital age. It argues that functionalist approaches allow to explore the changing societal role of lawyers in a digital world. Critical approaches allow for understanding how the legal profession respond to different constellations of actors and other social forces and how it is characterized by internal divisions and stratifications. Finally, Weberian approaches are helpful to reveal how the legal profession legitimizes itself by developing specific legal rationalities in response to societal and political dynamics.

摘要

本文探讨功能主义、批判方法和韦伯解释主义等经典社会学理论如何帮助理解数字时代的法律职业。它认为，功能主义方法允许探索律师在数字世界中不断变化的社会角色。批判性方法有助于理解法律职业如何应对不同的行为者和其他社会力量，以及它如何以内部分裂和分层为特征。最后，韦伯的方法有助于揭示法律职业如何通过发展特定的法律理性来回应社会和政治动态，从而使自己合法化。