On positionality and its comparability in the legal context

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-178

  Kozin, Alexander ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criminal defense casework; Ethnography; Helmuth plessner; Law in action; Positionality

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DEFENSE INDUSTRY; IDEOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLITICS;

EID: 43149103913     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913308X289087     Document Type: Article

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