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Rules versus relationships : the ethnography of legal discourse / John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr.
LIBRA K190 .C66 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conley, John M.
- Series:
- Language and legal discourse
- Language and legal discourse.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnological jurisprudence.
- Law--Language.
- Law.
- Trial practice--United States.
- Trial practice.
- United States.
- Small claims courts--United States.
- Small claims courts.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- In "Rules versus Relationships," John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr examine the experiences of litigants seeking redress of everyday difficulties through the small claims courts of the American legal system. The authors find two major and contrasting ways in which litigants formulate and express their problems in terms of specific rule violations and seek concrete legal remedies that would mend soured relationships and respond to their personal and social needs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218).
- ISBN:
- 0226114902
- 0226114910
- OCLC:
- 20596160
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