His main fields of research interests included 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 researched 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.[2][3][4]
Governance of the Consuming Passions:A History of Sumptuary Regulation,Macmillan,London,1996.[5][6]
Foucault and Law:Towards a New Sociology of Law as Governance (with Gary Wickham),Westview Press,Boulder,Co.,1994.[7][8]
↑Burnham, J. C. (2001-03-01). "Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation. By Alan Hunt (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. x plus 273pp.)". Journal of Social History. 34 (3): 709–710. doi:10.1353/jsh.2001.0005. ISSN0022-4529. S2CID142077207.
↑Crowston, Clare (1998-03-01). "Governance of the Consuming Passions: A History of Sumptuary Law by Alan Hunt". American Journal of Sociology. 103 (5): 1475–1477. doi:10.1086/231389. ISSN0002-9602. S2CID151965312.
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