Rules versus Relationships

The Ethnography of Legal Discourse

William M O'Barr author John M Conley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st May '90

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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.

ISBN: 9780226114910

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 1mm

Weight: 369g

236 pages