Nobody's Law Legal Consciousness and Legal Alienation in Everyday Life /

• Main Author: Hertogh, Marc (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Law and the social sciences.; Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Criminology.; Research.; Criminal law.; Socio-legal Studies.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Quantitative Criminology.; Criminological Theory.; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.

Nobody's Law shows how people - who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about the justice system - gradually move away from law. Using detailed case studies and combining different theoretical perspectives, this book explores the legal consciousness of ordinary people, businessmen, and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• PART I: A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT LAW
• Chapter 2. The Myth of Dutch Legal Culture
• Chapter 3. Legalists, Loyalists, Cynics, and Outsiders
• Chapter 4. Research Methods: Through the Lens of Legal Consciousness
• PART II: LEGAL ALIENATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
• Chapter 5. A School Director and Non-Discrimination Law
• Chapter 6. Contractors and Competition Law
• Chapter 7. Front-Line Officials and Public Law
• PART III: CONCLUSIONS
• Chapter 8. Marking the Unremarkable
• Chapter 9. Nobody's Law: Past, Present and Future. .