The Common Place of Law

Stories from Everyday Life

Patricia Ewick (Clark University), Susan S. Silbey

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English

University of Chicago Press
06 July 1998

Sociology & anthropology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Systems of law

Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society

Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses associated with defective products, unsuccesful surgery, and discrimination? Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey collected accounts of the law from more than four hundred people of diverse backgrounds in order to explore the different ways that people use and experience it. Their fascinating and original study identifies three common narratives of law that are captured in the stories people tell.

One narrative is based on an idea of the law as magisterial and remote. Another views the law as a game with rules that can be manipulated to one's advantage. A third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.

By: Patricia Ewick (Clark University), Susan S. Silbey
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 24mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780226227443
ISBN 10: 0226227448
Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 06 July 1998
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patricia Ewick is professor of sociology at Clark University and coauthor of The Common Place of Law, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews for The Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life

A disquieting book, which runs against the tide of modern military-history writing. Bourke seeks to prove that a great many fighting men enjoy battle, even if they dread it beforehand; in particular, that they enjoy the actual process of killing, and can then (most of them) go back to peaceable civilian life. She takes all her examples from English-speaking peoples, in this century's two world wars and in Korea and Vietnam. It would be interesting to see her lines of argument applied to other armed forces, such as the SS or the Zulus, and to earlier centuries. She writes from a convinced feminist standpoint, and will make all her readers think. (Kirkus UK)