Theory and method in socio-legal research

Table Of Contents;
Introduction;
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
1. Law, Sociology and Method
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
SECTION 1: METHOD VERSUS METHODOLOGY
Introduction to Section One
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
2. Ethnography and Socio-Legal Research
John Flood;
3. Systems Theory and Qualitative Socio-legal Research
Klaus A Ziegert;
SECTION 2: ETHNOGRAPHY AND LAW
Introduction to Section Two
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
4. Courses of Mobilisation: Writing systematic micro-histories of legal discourse
Thomas Scheffer;
5. "Standpoint", "Difference" and Feminist Research
Samia Banio;
6. Researching Women's Legal Experiences in Botswana: An anthropological perspective
Anne Griffiths;
SECTION 3: STUDYING LEGAL TEXTS
Introduction to Section Three
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
7. Studying Cases Empirically: A sociological method for studying discrimination cases in Sweden
Reza Banakar;
8. Researching Ombudsmen
Mary Seneviratne;
9. Discourse Analysis and the Implementation of a European Directive
Bettina Lange;
SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL APPROACHES
Introduction to Section Four
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
10. How to Study the Social and Legal Position of Danish Judges
Ole Hammerslev;
11: Changing Maps: Empirical legal autopoiesis
John Paterson and Gunther Teubner;
SECTION 5: STUDYING LEGAL CULTURES
Introduction to Section Five
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
12. Doing Research into Comparative Criminal Justice
David Nelken;
13. Researching Legal Culture in Russia
Marina Kurkchiyan;
SECTION 6: SOCIO-LEGAL RESEARCH IN THE UK
Introduction to Section Six;
Reza Banakar and Max Travers;
14. Constructing a Typology of Administrative Grievances
Michael Adler;
15. The Formalisation of Research Ethics
Andrew Boon;
16. Evaluation Research and Legal Services
Max Travers.