The common place of law : stories from everyday life
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The common place of law : stories from everyday life
（Language and legal discourse）
University of Chicago Press, 1998
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index
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Description
This study explores the different ways people view the law. It identifies three common narratives: one is based on the 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; and a third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power to be actively resisted. Drawing on more than 400 extensive case studies, the text presents individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent theory of legality. It depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the centre of daily life.
Table of Contents
Preface Pt. 1: Introduction 1: Millie Simpson 2: The Common Place of Law 3: The Social Construction of Legality Pt. 2: Stories of Legal Consciousness: Constructing Legality 4: Before the Law Rita Michaels Dwayne Franklin Standing before the Law 5: With the Law Charles Reed Nikos Stavros Playing with the Law 6: Against the Law Bess Sherman Jamie Leeson Up against the Law Pt. 3: Conclusions 7: Mystery and Resolution: Reconciling the Irreconcilable 8: Consciousness and Contradiction App. A: Research Strategies and Methods App. B: Who's Who in the Text Notes References Index
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