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OverviewNobody’s Law shows how people – who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about the justice system – gradually move away from law. Using detailed case studies and combining different theoretical perspectives, this book explores the legal consciousness of ordinary people, businessmen, and street-level bureaucrats in the Netherlands. The empirical research in this study tells an original and alternative narrative about the role of law in everyday life. While previous studies emphasize the law’s hegemony and argue that it’s ‘all over’, Hertogh shows that legal proliferation makes it harder for people to know, and subsequently identify with, the law. As a result, official law has become increasingly remote and irrelevant to many people. The central finding presented in this highly topical text is that these developments signal a process of ‘legal alienation’— a gradual and mundane process with potentially serious consequences for the legitimacy of law. A timely and original study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars in the fields of law and society, socio-legal studies and legal theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marc HertoghPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781137603968ISBN 10: 1137603968 Pages: 215 Publication Date: 15 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- PART I: A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT LAW.- Chapter 2. The Myth of Dutch Legal Culture.- Chapter 3. Legalists, Loyalists, Cynics, and Outsiders.- Chapter 4. Research Methods: Through the Lens of Legal Consciousness.- PART II: LEGAL ALIENATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE.- Chapter 5. A School Director and Non-Discrimination Law.- Chapter 6. Contractors and Competition Law.- Chapter 7. Front-Line Officials and Public Law.- PART III: CONCLUSIONS.- Chapter 8. Marking the Unremarkable.- Chapter 9. Nobody’s Law: Past, Present and Future.ReviewsMarc Hertogh's recent book Nobody's Law makes a valuable contribution to socio-legal studies of administrative justice. The clear, well-written text published in the Palgrave MacMillan Pivot Series ... . In all, this is a great read and undoubtedly a refreshing step forward for the field. It retains many of the initial concerns of legal consciousness and administrative justice studies but manages to say something distinctly new. (Zach Richards, UKAJI, ukaji.org, October, 2018) 'Nobody's Law' contains an array of provocative and interesting ideas. ... I suggest the book offers much that could be useful for future research on legal consciousness and legal alienation. (Emily Rose, Journal of Law and Society, November 6, 2019) Marc Hertogh's recent book Nobody's Law makes a valuable contribution to socio-legal studies of administrative justice. The clear, well-written text published in the Palgrave MacMillan Pivot Series ... . In all, this is a great read and undoubtedly a refreshing step forward for the field. It retains many of the initial concerns of legal consciousness and administrative justice studies but manages to say something distinctly new. (Zach Richards, UKAJI, ukaji.org, October, 2018) Author InformationMarc Hertogh is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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