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 Adversarial Case-Making: An Ethnography of English Crown Court Procedure

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xlii)   (852K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Figures
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
  • A Case Of Assault: The Rise And Fall Of An Alibi (1-32)   (1M)
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    • The Ontological Versions Of The Alibi-Story And Its Analysability
    • The Rise Of The Alibi
    • Intermezzo
    • The Story’s Decline
    • Towards The Duality Of Mobilisation
  • Framing Law-In-Action (33-68)   (673K)
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    • Where And When Is The Field?
    • Event And Process In Social Theory
    • Eventful Process, Processed Events
    • Weighing Event And Process
    • Outlook: The Adversarial Procedure As Eventful Process
  • A Case Of Indecent Assault: Fitting Sleep-Walking Expertise In (69-94)   (571K)
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    • Interrogating A Single Case
    • Expert Evidence In Criminal Proceedings
    • Sleep-Walking Expertise And Its Relevant Other Knowledges
    • Discussion: Distributed Knowing And Judicial Decision-Making
  • File-Work And Procedural Care (95-122)   (773K)
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    • Styles Of File-Work In A Criminal Law Firm
    • Good Reasons For Different Styles Of File-Work
    • Conclusion: Legal Care In Context
  • A Case Of Wounding With Intent: The Barrister’s Day In Court (123-164)   (1M)
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    • Before Trial
    • The Barrister’s Work During Trial
    • The Closing Speech
    • Conclusion: The Minutiae Of Case-Representation
  • Procedural Resources And Procedural Infrastructure (165-190)   (962K)
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    • The Court
    • The File
    • The Story
    • Towards Procedural Infrastructure
  • A Case Of Murder: No Regret! (191-218)   (612K)
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    • Direct And Indirect Moralising
    • The Moralising Sites In A Crown Court Case
    • Discussion: Characteristics And Rationale Of Indirect Moralising
  • The Case In The Case-System (219-250)   (1M)
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    • The Case As Tripartite Sign
    • Case, Fact-Sensitive
    • Case, Ruled And Ruling
    • Case, Decision-Oriented
    • The Archive Of The Case-System
    • Off The Case: Components In Isolation
  • Conclusion: The Micro-Foundations Of Adversarialism (251-262)   (528K)
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    • Mechanisms Of Case-Making
    • Complexities Of Case-Making
    • Epilogue
  • References (263-278)   (546K)
  • Index (279-284)   (461K)