03864nam 2200637Ia 450 991078514110332120200520144314.01-282-78711-X978661278711990-04-18750-210.1163/ej.9789004187269.i-284(CKB)2670000000046160(EBL)583764(OCoLC)668232166(SSID)ssj0000411347(PQKBManifestationID)11270247(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411347(PQKBWorkID)10355671(PQKB)10308072(MiAaPQ)EBC583764(OCoLC)613430317(OCoLC)640085961(nllekb)BRILL9789004187504(Au-PeEL)EBL583764(CaPaEBR)ebr10419826(CaONFJC)MIL278711(PPN)170756246(EXLCZ)99267000000004616020100524d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdversarial case-making[electronic resource] an ethnography of English Crown Court procedure /by Thomas SchefferDanvers, MA Brill20101 online resource (326 p.)International studies in sociology and social anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.90-04-18726-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, 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.International studies in sociology and social anthropology.Criminal courtsSocial aspectsEnglandCriminal procedureSocial aspectsEnglandCriminal courtsSocial aspectsCriminal procedureSocial aspects347.42/05Scheffer Thomas614835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785141103321Adversarial case-making3694476UNINA