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Autore |
Scheffer Thomas |
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Titolo |
Adversarial case-making : an ethnography of English Crown Court procedure / / by Thomas Scheffer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Danvers, MA, : Brill, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-78711-X |
9786612787119 |
90-04-18750-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Collana |
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International studies in sociology and social anthropology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal courts - Social aspects - England |
Criminal procedure - Social aspects - England |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / T. Scheffer -- I. A Case Of Assault: The Rise And Fall Of An Alibi / T. Scheffer -- II. Framing Law-In-Action / T. Scheffer -- III. A Case Of Indecent Assault: Fitting Sleep-Walking Expertise In / T. Scheffer -- IV. File-Work And Procedural Care / T. Scheffer -- V. A Case Of Wounding With Intent: The Barrister’s Day In Court / T. Scheffer -- VI. Procedural Resources And Procedural Infrastructure / T. Scheffer -- VII. A Case Of Murder: No Regret! / T. Scheffer -- VIII. The Case In The Case-System / T. Scheffer -- Conclusion: The Micro-Foundations Of Adversarialism / T. Scheffer -- References / T. Scheffer -- Index / T. Scheffer. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cases are not objects at hand for legal decision-making; cases are not echoes from a past crime. Cases are, first of all, made within compound discourse apparatus, here the English Crown Court and the procedure/s attached to it. This book reveals the legal production of cases including their relevant features. The socio-legal ethnography visits the natural sites of adversarial case-making: law firms, barristers’ chambers, and Crown Courts. It examines the role and dynamics of client-lawyer meetings, pre-trial hearings, plea bargaining sessions, and jury trials. It focuses on the lawyers’ case-making activities, their procedural contexts, and the resulting cases. As an ethnographic discourse study, |
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the book develops a trans-sequential perspective on the interrelated events and processes of case-making – and by doing so, overcomes the shortcomings of talk-bias and text-bias. The trans-sequential approach pays out in detailed case studies on an alibi, on guilt, or the barrister’s notes; it pays out as well in cross-case studies dealing with legal care, procedural infrastructure, or the case system in the common law tradition. |
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