Criminal Defence and Procedure Comparative Ethnographies in the Unit
Procedure is not just a programme or a nexus of formalities. It is something done by legal experts and lay participants in a highly concerted ensemble. Procedure frames and advances all law-relevant activities. This book, written by three authors from dif
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Criminal Defence and Procedure Comparative Ethnographies in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States Thomas Scheffer Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Kati Hannken-Illjes Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
Alexander Kozin Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
© Thomas Scheffer, Kati Hannken-Illjes, Alexander Kozin 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-23022-4
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Contents
List of Figures
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1 Introducing Procedure
1
2 Field Access as an Ongoing Accomplishment
24
3 Procedural Past: Binding and Unbinding
50
4 Procedural Future: The Politics of Positioning
83
5 Procedural Presence: Failing and Learning
117
6 Courts as Ways of Knowing
138
Postscript
165
Notes
173
References
182
Index
201
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List of Figures
6.1 Graphic representation of a US courtroom 6.2 Graphic representation of an English courtroom 6.3 Graphic representation of a German courtroom
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143 145 148
1 Introducing Procedure
In this book we would like to offer a comparative ethnomethodological study of the criminal defense work in three legal settings: German, American (US), and English. The study is based on the programmatic ethnome
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