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Author Halliday, Simon, 1966-

Title Conducting law and society research : reflections on methods and practices / Simon Halliday, Patrick Schmidt
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Legal research.
Law -- Methodology.
Social sciences -- Research -- Law and legislation.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Author Schmidt, Patrick D. (Patrick Delbert), 1971-
LC no. 2008053953
ISBN 9780521895910 hardback
052189591X hardback
9780521720427 paperback
0521720427 paperback