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Canadian sociologist
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University of Leeds
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Biography
Introduction
Alan Hunt is currently the Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Law at Carleton University. He has a B.A. Hons. in Sociology; LL.B.; Ph.D. in Sociology (University of Leeds, UK).
His main fields of research interests include legal theory, sociology of law, the relationship between legal and social theory, social regulation and the way in which law interacts with other forms of control, with a particular interest in the regulation of consumption (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, etc.).He is currently working on the relationship between moral and legal regulation with particular reference to the control of sexuality, prostitution and pornography.In addition, he was the founding chair of the Critical Legal Conference.
Books
- Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
- Governance of the Consuming Passions: A History of Sumptuary Regulation, Macmillan, London, 1996.
- Foucault and Law: Towards a New Sociology of Law as Governance (with Gary Wickham), Westview Press, Boulder, Co., 1994.