Courses of mobilisation: writing systematic micro-histories on legal discourse

Abstract: Inside the offices, paper-workers produce and combine documents. Their desks are covered with paper: with files, bundles and briefs. And the production goes on. Solicitors dictate notes, secretaries type letters, and the legal clerks compile sets of evidence. It is exactly through these paper-trails that things are set into motion for the day in court. The analysis of courses of mobilisation provides some potentials for a cross comparative perspective. Crucial here is the hypothesis generating inventiveness of the researcher. Beyond case-related story-telling, there is the need to create analytical devices that open up the micro-perspective. The data logs suggested above are just a starting point on the way to formalisation and generalisation. It remains the most challenging task to change from the single-case perspective to a cross-case or even cross-cultural perspective. Tracing mobilisation is by no means a new approach in social science or discourse analysis. Many of the ideas

Alternative title
Verlauf von Mobilisierung: das Schreiben von Mikro-Geschichten in Rechtsdiskursen
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 75-89 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Travers, Max (Hg.), Banakar, Reza (Hg.): Theory and method in socio-legal research. 2005. S. 75-89. ISBN 1-8411-3625-5

Classification
Recht

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Oxford et al
(who)
Hart
(when)
2005
Creator
Scheffer, Thomas
Contributor
Travers, Max
Banakar, Reza

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-5075
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Scheffer, Thomas
  • Travers, Max
  • Banakar, Reza
  • Hart

Time of origin

  • 2005

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