Everyday Life and the Constitution of Legality

The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 332-345

  Silbey, Susan S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution of legality; Cultural construction; Everyday life; Legal pragmatism; Sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649088485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996744.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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