Law in Action: Ethnomethodological and Conversation Analytic Approaches to Law

by Max Travers, John F. Manzo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138250161
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2016
Series:	Socio-Legal Studies
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Max Travers, John F. Manzo

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.

Editorial Reviews

Presents a collection of empirical studies representing a range of analytic traditions in ethnomethodological and conversation analysis in the study of law and legal institutions. Part I contains exemplary studies illustrating some key research questions in the field, written between the 1940s and the 1990s. Subjects include contested evidence in courtroom cross-examination in a rape trial, and police interrogations and interviews. Studies in Part II were all written after 1980, and show how recent work has built upon earlier studies, with papers on record-keeping practices in the policing of juveniles, and pedagogic interchange in a law school classroom. For scholars in law and society studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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