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1|Preface|6
1|Contents|10
1|List of Figures|13
1|List of Tables|14
1|Chapter 1 Introduction|15
2|Abstract|15
2|Erik’s Day in Court|15
3|After the Verdict|16
3|Legal Consciousness|20
2|Why People Turn to Law|21
3|Legal Hegemony: ‘Law Is Saturating Our Daily Life’|22
2|Reconsidering the ‘Critical’ Approach|23
3|Empirical Flaws|23
3|Methodological Flaws|24
3|Conceptual Flaws|25
3|Towards an Alternative Approach|26
2|Why People Turn Their Back to Law|26
3|Legal Alienation: ‘The Absence of Law from Everyday Life’|27
2|Research Design and Methodology|29
3|Legal Wind-Chill Factor|29
4|Legal Consciousness Studies|30
4|Living Law|30
4|Public Trust and Legitimacy|30
3|Case Studies|31
2|Plan of the Book|31
2|References|32
1|Part I Different Stories About Law|38
1|Chapter 2 The Myth of Dutch Legal Culture|39
2|Abstract|39
2|Introduction|39
2|How Much Do the Dutch Support the Justice System?|41
3|Trust as (Single) Indicator for Legitimacy|42
3|Public Trust in Courts and Judges|43
3|Conclusion: ‘Legitimacy Is High and Stable’|43
2|From What to How People Think About Law|45
3|Problems with Trust|45
3|A Reassessment of Survey Evidence|46
2|Public Attitudes Towards Law|47
2|Public Opinion About Courts|48
2|Public Opinion About Judges|50
2|How Do the Dutch Understand the Justice System?|52
3|Public Dissatisfaction About Punitiveness and Responsiveness|52
3|Conclusion: ‘Contested Legitimacy’|53
2|Conclusion: No Solid Support but Sullen Toleration|54
3|Debunking the Myth of Dutch Legal Culture|55
3|Why Do People Turn Their Back to Law?|56
2|References|56
1|Chapter 3 Loyalists, Legalists, Cynics and Outsiders|61
2|Abstract|61
2|Introduction|61
2|What Is Alienation?|62
3|Alienation in Social Science|63
3|Different Dimensions of Alienation|64
3|The End of Alienation?|65
2|What Is Legal Alienation?|65
3|Internal and External Understandings of Law|66
3|Different Dimensions of Legal Alienation|67
2|Normative Profiles|69
3|I. Legalists|69
3|II. Loyalists|70
3|III. Cynics|71
3|IV. Outsiders|71
3|Sliding Scale|71
2|Methodological Notes|72
2|References|72
1|Chapter 4 Research Methods: Through the Lens of Legal Consciousness|76
2|Abstract|76
2|Introduction|76
3|From a ‘Critical’ to a ‘Secular’ Methodology|77
2|Law as Independent and Dependent Variable|77
3|Roscoe Pound|78
3|Eugen Ehrlich|80
3|Legal Consciousness|81
2|Haves and Have-Nots|82
3|Limited Focus|83
3|Broadening Our Perspective|83
2|Participants’ Perspectives|84
3|Theory Overtakes Fact|84
3|Through the Eyes of Participants|85
2|Mixed Methods|86
3|Rediscovering Surveys|86
2|Bridging the Divide Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research|87
2|Case Studies|89
2|References|90
1|Part II Legal Alienation in Everyday Life|95
1|Chapter 5 A School Director and Non-discrimination Law|96
2|Abstract|96
2|Introduction|96
2|(Not) Shaking Hands at School|98
3|The Legal Framework|98
3|The Utrecht Case: What’s in a Handshake?|98
2|How Do People Experience Legal Equality?|99
3|National Study|100
3|Before, With, Against the Law|100
3|Discussion|103
2|What Do People Experience as Legal Equality?|104
3|The Case|104
3|Reactions|106
3|Two Conceptions of Equality|107
2|Legal Alienation at a Public School|108
3|Legal Meaninglessness|109
3|Legal Powerlessness|109
3|Legal Cynicism|110
3|Legal Value-Isolation|111
2|Conclusion|111
3|The Case in a Wider Context|113
3|Conclusion|115
2|References|115
1|Chapter 6 Contractors and Competition Law|118
2|Abstract|118
2|Introduction|118
2|The Case of the Dutch Construction Industry|120
3|Self-Regulation in the Construction Industry|121
3|Limited Impact of Antitrust Laws|122
2|How Do Contractors Experience Law?|123
3|Law Is Inflexible|124
3|Law Corrodes Trust|124
3|Discussion|125
2|What Do Contractors Experience as Law?|126
3|Local Rules|126
4|Each Claim Should Be Compensated|127
4|All Bids Should Be Distributed Equally|127
4|All Accounts Should Be Cleared Internally|127
4|Don’t Talk to Strangers|128
3|Local Rule-Enforcement|128
2|Legal Alienation in the Construction Industry|130
3|Legal Meaninglessness|130
3|Legal Powerlessness|131
3|Legal Cynicism|131
3|Legal Value-Isolation|133
2|Conclusion|134
3|The Case in a Wider Context|136
3|Conclusion|136
2|References|136
1|Chapter 7 Front-Line Officials and Public Law|139
2|Abstract|139
2|Introduction|139
2|The Story of the Indonesian Quarter|141
3|Neighbourhood Intervention Team Zwolle (NITZ)|141
2|How Do Front-Line Officials Experience the Rechtsstaat?|142
3|Legality|142
3|Equality|144
3|Discussion|145
2|What Do Front-Line Officials Experience as the Rechtsstaat?|145
3|Responsiveness|145
3|Material Equality|147
3|Discussion|148
2|Legal Alienation in a Street-Level Bureaucracy|148
3|Legal Powerlessness|149
3|Legal Cynicism|149
3|Legal Value-Isolation|150
2|Conclusion|151
3|The Case in a Wider Context|151
3|Conclusion|153
2|References|153
1|Part III Conclusions|155
1|Chapter 8 Marking the Unremarkable|156
2|Abstract|156
2|Revisiting the Cases|156
3|Disconnection|157
3|Spectrum of Legal Alienation|158
3|Not a State, but a Process|159
3|Legal Alienation: Looking Beyond the Cases|160
2|Assessing the Scope of Legal Alienation|161
3|Paths to Justice|161
3|Legal Mobilization in the Netherlands|163
2|Situating Legal Alienation|165
3|Who Are the Critics of the Justice System?|165
4|Gender|166
4|Age|166
4|Education|166
4|Income|167
4|Ethnicity|167
3|Legal Alienation and Social Marginality|167
2|Understanding the Impact of Legal Alienation|168
3|Why People Obey the Law|169
3|Legitimacy and Compliance Among Dutch Traffic Offenders|170
2|Results|175
3|Non-identification Shapes Non-compliance|176
2|Conclusion|178
2|References|178
1|Chapter 9 Nobody’s Law: Past, Present and Future|182
2|Abstract|182
2|A Different Story About Law in Everyday Life|182
3|Everybody’s Law|183
3|Nobody’s Law|184
2|Legal Explosion and Legal Inflation|186
3|Receding State Law|186
3|Emerging Non-state Law|187
2|Back to the Future: Redirecting Legal Consciousness Research|189
3|Reconnecting with a Research Tradition|189
3|An Invitation|191
2|References|192
1|Bibliography|194
1|Index|214
1|Contents|10
1|List of Figures|13
1|List of Tables|14
1|Chapter 1 Introduction|15
2|Abstract|15
2|Erik’s Day in Court|15
3|After the Verdict|16
3|Legal Consciousness|20
2|Why People Turn to Law|21
3|Legal Hegemony: ‘Law Is Saturating Our Daily Life’|22
2|Reconsidering the ‘Critical’ Approach|23
3|Empirical Flaws|23
3|Methodological Flaws|24
3|Conceptual Flaws|25
3|Towards an Alternative Approach|26
2|Why People Turn Their Back to Law|26
3|Legal Alienation: ‘The Absence of Law from Everyday Life’|27
2|Research Design and Methodology|29
3|Legal Wind-Chill Factor|29
4|Legal Consciousness Studies|30
4|Living Law|30
4|Public Trust and Legitimacy|30
3|Case Studies|31
2|Plan of the Book|31
2|References|32
1|Part I Different Stories About Law|38
1|Chapter 2 The Myth of Dutch Legal Culture|39
2|Abstract|39
2|Introduction|39
2|How Much Do the Dutch Support the Justice System?|41
3|Trust as (Single) Indicator for Legitimacy|42
3|Public Trust in Courts and Judges|43
3|Conclusion: ‘Legitimacy Is High and Stable’|43
2|From What to How People Think About Law|45
3|Problems with Trust|45
3|A Reassessment of Survey Evidence|46
2|Public Attitudes Towards Law|47
2|Public Opinion About Courts|48
2|Public Opinion About Judges|50
2|How Do the Dutch Understand the Justice System?|52
3|Public Dissatisfaction About Punitiveness and Responsiveness|52
3|Conclusion: ‘Contested Legitimacy’|53
2|Conclusion: No Solid Support but Sullen Toleration|54
3|Debunking the Myth of Dutch Legal Culture|55
3|Why Do People Turn Their Back to Law?|56
2|References|56
1|Chapter 3 Loyalists, Legalists, Cynics and Outsiders|61
2|Abstract|61
2|Introduction|61
2|What Is Alienation?|62
3|Alienation in Social Science|63
3|Different Dimensions of Alienation|64
3|The End of Alienation?|65
2|What Is Legal Alienation?|65
3|Internal and External Understandings of Law|66
3|Different Dimensions of Legal Alienation|67
2|Normative Profiles|69
3|I. Legalists|69
3|II. Loyalists|70
3|III. Cynics|71
3|IV. Outsiders|71
3|Sliding Scale|71
2|Methodological Notes|72
2|References|72
1|Chapter 4 Research Methods: Through the Lens of Legal Consciousness|76
2|Abstract|76
2|Introduction|76
3|From a ‘Critical’ to a ‘Secular’ Methodology|77
2|Law as Independent and Dependent Variable|77
3|Roscoe Pound|78
3|Eugen Ehrlich|80
3|Legal Consciousness|81
2|Haves and Have-Nots|82
3|Limited Focus|83
3|Broadening Our Perspective|83
2|Participants’ Perspectives|84
3|Theory Overtakes Fact|84
3|Through the Eyes of Participants|85
2|Mixed Methods|86
3|Rediscovering Surveys|86
2|Bridging the Divide Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research|87
2|Case Studies|89
2|References|90
1|Part II Legal Alienation in Everyday Life|95
1|Chapter 5 A School Director and Non-discrimination Law|96
2|Abstract|96
2|Introduction|96
2|(Not) Shaking Hands at School|98
3|The Legal Framework|98
3|The Utrecht Case: What’s in a Handshake?|98
2|How Do People Experience Legal Equality?|99
3|National Study|100
3|Before, With, Against the Law|100
3|Discussion|103
2|What Do People Experience as Legal Equality?|104
3|The Case|104
3|Reactions|106
3|Two Conceptions of Equality|107
2|Legal Alienation at a Public School|108
3|Legal Meaninglessness|109
3|Legal Powerlessness|109
3|Legal Cynicism|110
3|Legal Value-Isolation|111
2|Conclusion|111
3|The Case in a Wider Context|113
3|Conclusion|115
2|References|115
1|Chapter 6 Contractors and Competition Law|118
2|Abstract|118
2|Introduction|118
2|The Case of the Dutch Construction Industry|120
3|Self-Regulation in the Construction Industry|121
3|Limited Impact of Antitrust Laws|122
2|How Do Contractors Experience Law?|123
3|Law Is Inflexible|124
3|Law Corrodes Trust|124
3|Discussion|125
2|What Do Contractors Experience as Law?|126
3|Local Rules|126
4|Each Claim Should Be Compensated|127
4|All Bids Should Be Distributed Equally|127
4|All Accounts Should Be Cleared Internally|127
4|Don’t Talk to Strangers|128
3|Local Rule-Enforcement|128
2|Legal Alienation in the Construction Industry|130
3|Legal Meaninglessness|130
3|Legal Powerlessness|131
3|Legal Cynicism|131
3|Legal Value-Isolation|133
2|Conclusion|134
3|The Case in a Wider Context|136
3|Conclusion|136
2|References|136
1|Chapter 7 Front-Line Officials and Public Law|139
2|Abstract|139
2|Introduction|139
2|The Story of the Indonesian Quarter|141
3|Neighbourhood Intervention Team Zwolle (NITZ)|141
2|How Do Front-Line Officials Experience the Rechtsstaat?|142
3|Legality|142
3|Equality|144
3|Discussion|145
2|What Do Front-Line Officials Experience as the Rechtsstaat?|145
3|Responsiveness|145
3|Material Equality|147
3|Discussion|148
2|Legal Alienation in a Street-Level Bureaucracy|148
3|Legal Powerlessness|149
3|Legal Cynicism|149
3|Legal Value-Isolation|150
2|Conclusion|151
3|The Case in a Wider Context|151
3|Conclusion|153
2|References|153
1|Part III Conclusions|155
1|Chapter 8 Marking the Unremarkable|156
2|Abstract|156
2|Revisiting the Cases|156
3|Disconnection|157
3|Spectrum of Legal Alienation|158
3|Not a State, but a Process|159
3|Legal Alienation: Looking Beyond the Cases|160
2|Assessing the Scope of Legal Alienation|161
3|Paths to Justice|161
3|Legal Mobilization in the Netherlands|163
2|Situating Legal Alienation|165
3|Who Are the Critics of the Justice System?|165
4|Gender|166
4|Age|166
4|Education|166
4|Income|167
4|Ethnicity|167
3|Legal Alienation and Social Marginality|167
2|Understanding the Impact of Legal Alienation|168
3|Why People Obey the Law|169
3|Legitimacy and Compliance Among Dutch Traffic Offenders|170
2|Results|175
3|Non-identification Shapes Non-compliance|176
2|Conclusion|178
2|References|178
1|Chapter 9 Nobody’s Law: Past, Present and Future|182
2|Abstract|182
2|A Different Story About Law in Everyday Life|182
3|Everybody’s Law|183
3|Nobody’s Law|184
2|Legal Explosion and Legal Inflation|186
3|Receding State Law|186
3|Emerging Non-state Law|187
2|Back to the Future: Redirecting Legal Consciousness Research|189
3|Reconnecting with a Research Tradition|189
3|An Invitation|191
2|References|192
1|Bibliography|194
1|Index|214