Ethno/CA News: New Book Announcement

Max Travers and John F. Manzo have edited a collection of ethno/CA papers for the "socio-legal studies" series, edited by Philip Thomas, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Cardiff Law School, Wales.

Travers, M., J.F. Manzo, eds.

1997 Law in Action: Ethnomethodological and Conversation Analytic Approaches to Law. Ashgate: Dartmouth

[pp.296, Sterling: 40.00, ISBN 1 84014 078 X]

Ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions, and there is now a large body of empirical studies, representing a range of analytic traditions in each field.

This collection introduces this literature, and the research questions pursued by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts, in an accessible form, to a general audience in the inter-disciplinary field of law and society studies.

Contents:

'Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and the Sociology of Law', by John F. Manzo

PART I: EXEMPLARY STUDIES

'Introduction to Part I', Max Travers

2. 'Practical Sociological Reasoning: Some Features in the Work of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center', Harold Garfinkel

3. 'The Lawyer's Work', Harvey Sacks

4. 'Contested Evidence in Courtroom Cross-Examination: The Case of a Trial for Rape', Paul Drew

5. 'The Presentation of Victim and Motive in Discourse: The Case of Police Interrogations and Interviews', Rod Watson

6. 'Preliminary Notes on Judges' Work: The Judge as a Constituent of Courtroom "Hearings"', Michael Lynch

PART II: CONTEMPORARY CONTRIBUTIONS

'Introduction to Part II', Max Travers

7. '"I'm sorry we had to meet under these circumstances": Verbal Artistry (and Wizardry) in the Kennedy Smith Rape Trial', Gregory Matoesian

8. 'Record-Keeping Practices in the Policing of Juveniles', Albert J. Meehan

9. 'Justice as a Phenomenon of Order: Notes on the Organization of a Jury Deliberation', Douglas W. Maynard and John F.Manzo

10. 'Remorse, Redress, and Reform: Blame-Taking in the Courtroom', Martha Komter

11. 'Practicing Law: A Study of Pedagogic Interchange in a Law School Classroom', Stacy Burns


You can order a copy of this for your library from:

Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Gower House, Croft Rd., Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3HR, UK,
or see their web-site.


Back to New Books
Back to Recent Publications
Back to EMCA NEWS Index