The common place of law : stories from everyday life / Patricia Ewick & Susan S. Silbey.

By:

Ewick, Patricia

Contributor(s):

Silbey, Susan S [aut]

Material type:

TextSeries: Language and legal discoursePublication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1998.Description: xvii, 318 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226227443
0226227448
0226227421

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

340.115

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 -- Appendix A. Research Strategies and Methods -- Appendix B. Who's Who in the Text -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Summary: 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, unsuccessful 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 third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.

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 --
Appendix A. Research Strategies and Methods --
Appendix B. Who's Who in the Text --
Notes --
References --
Index.

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, unsuccessful 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 third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.

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