Conducting law and society research : reflections on methods and practices / Simon Halliday, Patrick Schmidt.
2009
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Conducting law and society research : reflections on methods and practices / Simon Halliday, Patrick Schmidt.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Introduction : beyond methods : law and society in action
Stewart Macaulay and "Non-Contractual relations in business"
Robert Kagan and Regulatory justice
Malcolm Feeley and the process is the punishment
Lawrence Friedman and the roots of justice
John Heinz and Edward Laumann and Chicago lawyers
Alan Paterson and the law lords
David Engel and "The oven bird's song"
Keith Hawkins and environment and enforcement
Carol Greenhouse and praying for justice
John Conley and William O'Barr and rules versus relationships
Sally Engle Merry and getting justice and getting even
Tom Tyler and why people obey the law
Doreen McBarnet and "Whiter than white collar crime"
Gerald Rosenberg and the hollow hope
Michael McCann and rights at work
Austin Sarat and William Felstiner and divorce lawyers and their clients
Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth and dealing in virtue
Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey and the common place of law
Hazel Genn and paths to justice
John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos and global business regulation
John Hagan and justice in the Balkans
Conclusion : "Research is a messy business" : an archeology of the craft of sociological research.
Stewart Macaulay and "Non-Contractual relations in business"
Robert Kagan and Regulatory justice
Malcolm Feeley and the process is the punishment
Lawrence Friedman and the roots of justice
John Heinz and Edward Laumann and Chicago lawyers
Alan Paterson and the law lords
David Engel and "The oven bird's song"
Keith Hawkins and environment and enforcement
Carol Greenhouse and praying for justice
John Conley and William O'Barr and rules versus relationships
Sally Engle Merry and getting justice and getting even
Tom Tyler and why people obey the law
Doreen McBarnet and "Whiter than white collar crime"
Gerald Rosenberg and the hollow hope
Michael McCann and rights at work
Austin Sarat and William Felstiner and divorce lawyers and their clients
Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth and dealing in virtue
Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey and the common place of law
Hazel Genn and paths to justice
John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos and global business regulation
John Hagan and justice in the Balkans
Conclusion : "Research is a messy business" : an archeology of the craft of sociological research.
Summary
Through interviews with many of the most noteworthy authors in law and society, Conducting Law and Society Research takes students and scholars behind the scenes of empirical scholarship, showing the messy reality of research methods. The challenges and the uncertainties, so often missing from research methods textbooks, are revealed in candid detail. These accessible and revealing conversations about the lived reality of classic projects will be a source of encouragement and inspiration to those embarking on empirical research, ranging across the full array of disciplines that contribute to law and society. For all of the ambiguities and challenges to the social 'scientific' study of law, the reflections found in this book - collectively capturing a portrait of the field through the window of the research efforts - individually remind readers that 'good research' displays not an absence of problems, but the care taken in negotiating them.
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English
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9780511609770 ebook
9780521895910 (hardback)
9780521720427 (paperback)
9780521895910 (hardback)
9780521720427 (paperback)
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