Alan Hunt is currently a professor of Sociology and of 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 and the Relationship Between Legal and Social Theory. Social Regulation and the way in which law interacts with other forms of control, particular interest in the Regulation of Consumption (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, etc.). Currently working on the Relationship Between Moral and Legal Regulation with particular reference to the control of Sexuality, Prostitution and Pornography. Alan Hunt was also the founding chair of the Critical Legal Conference.
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.
2004-2005:
LAWS 5000F - Theories of Law and Social Transformation
LAWS 5008W - Consuming Passions
2003-2004:
LAWS 5000F - Theories of Law and Social Transformation
LAWS 5008W - Consuming Passions
2002-2003:
LAWS 5000F - Theories of Law and Social Transformation
LAWS 5008W - Consuming Passions
2001-2002:
51.500F - Theories of Law and Social Transformation
51.508W - Consuming Passions
2000-2001:
51.500F - Theories of Law and Social Transformation
51.508W - Consuming Passions
1999-2000:
On Sabbatical
1998-1999:
51.316* Sociology of Law
51.500F Theories of Law & Social Transformation
1997-1998:
51.316* Sociology of Law
51.508W Consuming Passions: The Regulation of Consumption, Appearance & Sexuality
