This article presents the 2021 JSI special issue on legal socialization, which we planned to celebrate the legal socialization scholarship that was largely initiated by a special issue of JSI (1971, Vol. 27, Issue 2) published 50 years ago. In its broadest sense, legal socialization refers to the process by which people develop their relationship with the law. Undergirding this process is the acquisition, formation, and development of legal values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. This intellectual tradition rests on four pillars—foundationality, reciprocity, ubiquity, and continuity—that provide order to a field of study where scholars are trained in different disciplines, employ different methodologies, and pursue different questions involving people's relationship with the law. Much like in 1971, today many people are questioning the role of law in society, its purpose, its function, its history, and its efficacy. It is more important than ever to understand how people develop their orientation toward this social institution and the influence of that orientation on legal behavior. This issue features an eclectic group of scholars and a broad array of legal socialization research. This body of scholarship is intended to push the boundaries of the field both theoretically and in scope. This introduction situates each article within the rich historical tradition of legal socialization.

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庆祝法制社会化50周年

本文介绍了 2021 年JSI法律社会化特刊，我们计划庆祝法律社会化奖学金，该奖学金主要由JSI特刊发起（1971 年，第 27 卷，第 2 期）于 50 年前出版。从最广泛的意义上讲，法律社会化是指人们与法律建立关系的过程。这一过程的基础是法律价值观、态度和推理能力的获得、形成和发展。这种知识传统基于四大支柱——基础性、互惠性、普遍性和连续性——为研究领域提供了秩序，在该领域中，学者接受不同学科的培训，采用不同的方法，并探讨涉及人与法律关系的不同问题。就像 1971 年一样，今天很多人都在质疑法律在社会中的作用、它的目的、它的功能、它的历史和它的功效。了解人们如何发展他们对这个社会制度的取向以及这种取向对法律行为的影响比以往任何时候都更加重要。本期以不拘一格的学者和广泛的法律社会化研究为特色。该学术机构旨在在理论和范围上突破该领域的界限。本介绍将每篇文章置于法律社会化的丰富历史传统中。