Sociology of law

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A philosophical approach to law stressing the actual social effects of legal institutions, doctrines, and practices. This influential approach was started by Roscoe Pound in 1906 and became a precursor to legal realism. Also termed as "Sociological jurisprudence" See [Legal Realism]

Source: Black`s dictionary, Abridged Seventh Edition, Bryan A. Garner

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