concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: gap problem

gap problem
type: Concept
broader: sociology of law
definition: For a period in the 1960s and 1970s, the “gap problem” was “the central issue for studies about law” (Abel 1973: 189). There are two distinct angles on the gap problem, one focused exclusively on law, and the second comparing law with society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Gap Problem]

sociology of law
type: Concept
narrower: gap problem