 Young Researchers’ Group on
„Comparative Micro-Sociology of Criminal Procedure“
We all seem to know what court hearings are about. We can watch them on TV, read criminal novels or browse the many courtroom reports in the papers. Why this publicity? By the media court hearings are represented as spectacles, that offer surprising admissions, clever moves, passionate disputes, and insights into the dark sides of human nature. [Introduction...]
Research Questions
We, the law-in-action group, compared case making in different procedural systems. As sociolegal ethnographers we asked questions such as the following: How do lawyers and their clients invest in a strong case?
How do files, stories, or courts contribute to their case work? Or how do passing words turn binding? To put general, we asked how factual cases come about (differently)? In 2008, we extended our research towards political inquiries in the post 9/11 era (in the EU, Germany, and England).
Fieldwork and Discourse Analyses
- The English Study by Dr. Thomas Scheffer
Robes and wigs, barristers and judge, juries and witnesses, clerks and files ...[more...]
- The US Study by Dr. Alex Kozin
The US case study is a conceptual offspring of the English pilot
project
...[more...]
- The German Study by Dr. Kati Hannken-Illjes
Bright colours, big numbers on the courtroom doors
...[more...]
- The Comparative Discourse Analysis on Political Inquiries by Steffen Albrecht, Matthias Michaeler, Jan Schank, Rixta Wundrak led by Thomas Scheffer
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New activities
Hin! Workshop "Verrechtlichen und Politisieren" in Wuppertal am 4./5.2.2010
Workshop "Biographie und Recht" in Göttingen am 23./24.4.2010
Vormerken! Workshop "Ethnologische vs. soziologische Ethnographie" am IfEE der HU Berlin 21.-22.5.2010
Agenda
Out soon: "Thick Comparison - Reviving the Ethnographic Aspiration" , edited by Niewöhner & Scheffer, BRILL
Latest
Texts
Scheffer, Schmidt (2009) Soziologie als modus operandi. Soziologie, 38 (3)
Pfadenhauer, Scheffer (Eds) Profession, Habitus und Wandel(2009), Frankfurt a.M.:Peter Lang
Scheffer, Hannken-Illjes, Kozin (2009) How courts know. Space & Culture,
12 (2): 183-204.
Scheffer, Michaeler, Schank (2008) Starke und schwache Verfahren. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 37(5), 423-444.
Teaching in WS 2009/2010
Scheffer:
(a) Ethnographie der Politik. (b) Konversationsanalyse der Politik. Mittwochs 12.00-14.00 und 16.00-18.00 am IfEE, HU Berlin
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THE CASE STUDIES
