Law in action : ethnomethodological and conversation analytic approaches to law

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Law in action : ethnomethodological and conversation analytic approaches to law

edited by Max Travers and John F. Manzo

Ashgate/Dartmouth, c1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Socio-legal studies"

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Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions and there is now a large body of empirical studies, representing a range of analytic traditions in each field. This collection introduces this literature and the research questions pursued by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts, in an accessible form to a general audience in the inter-disciplinary field of law and society studies.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of law, John F. Manzo. Exemplary Studies: Introduction to part I, Max Travers
  • Practical sociological reasoning: some features in the work of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, Harold Garfinkel
  • The lawyer's work, Harvey Sacks
  • Contested evidence in courtroom cross-examination: the case of a trial for rape, Paul Drew
  • The presentation of victim and motive in discourse: the case of policy interrogations and interviews, Rod Watson
  • Preliminary notes on Judges' work: the Judge as a constituent of courtroom hearings , Michael Lynch. Contemporary Contributions: Introduction to part II, Max Travers
  • I'm sorry we had to meed under these circumstances : verbal artistry (and wizardry) in the Kennedy Smith rape trial, Gregory Matoesian
  • Record-keeping practices in the policing of juveniles, Albert J. Meehan
  • Justice as a phenomenon of order: notes on the organization on a jury deliberation, Douglas W. Maynard and John F. Manzo
  • Remorse, redress and reform: blame-taking in the courtroom, Martha Komter
  • Practicing law: a study of pedagogic interchange in a law school classroom, Stacy Burns
  • Index.

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