Common Place of Law Stories from Everyday Life

Name: Common Place of Law Stories from Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780226227443

ISBN-10: 0226227448

ISBN-13: 9780226227443

Edition: 1998

Authors: Patricia Ewick, Susan S. Silbey

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Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses associated with defective products, unsuccesful surgery, and discrimination? Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey collected accounts of the law from more than four hundred people of diverse backgrounds in order to explore the different ways that people use and experience it. Their fascinating and original study identifies three common narratives of law that are captured in the stories people tell. One narrative is based on an idea of the law as magisterial and remote. Another views the law as a game with rules that can be manipulated to one's advantage. A…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/6/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.60" wide x 8.94" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.188



Preface



Introduction



Millie Simpson



The Common Place of Law



The Social Construction of Legality



Stories of Legal Consciousness: Constructing Legality



Before the Law Rita Michaels Dwayne Franklin Standing before the Law



With the Law Charles Reed Nikos Stavros Playing with the Law



Against the Law Bess Sherman Jamie Leeson Up against the Law



Conclusions



Mystery and Resolution: Reconciling the Irreconcilable



Consciousness and Contradiction App


Research Strategies and Methods App



Who's Who in the Text


Notes


References


Index