How can we teach critical legal education? The article tackles this key question by focusing on the role of methodology in legal education and research. I argue that critical legal education requires marketing methodology as a ‘skill’, thereby freeing it from what students and researchers in Law often view as the negative connotations of ‘theory’. This skill requires exploring ‘alternative methodologies’ – those critical perspectives that depart from legal positivism and which Law traditionally regards as ‘peripheral’. As an example, the article explores the Foucauldian concept of governmentality as a useful methodological tool. The article also discusses the difference between theory, methodology and method, and reviews current academic contributions on law and method(ology). Ultimately, it suggests a need for a ‘revolt of conduct’ in legal education. Perhaps then we might hope for students that are not docile and disengaged (despite being successful lawyers) but, rather, able to nurture an attitude that allows for ‘thinking’ (law) critically. |
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Tijdschrift | Law and Method, 2013 |
Trefwoorden | governmentality, methodology, method, skill |
Auteurs | Bal Sokhi-Bulley |
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Geen woorden maar dadenDe invloed van legitimiteit en vertrouwen op het nalevingsgedrag van verkeersovertreders |
Tijdschrift | Recht der Werkelijkheid, Aflevering 2 2013 |
Trefwoorden | perceptions of legitimacy, Compliance, procedural justice |
Auteurs | Marc Hertogh, Bert Schudde en Heinrich Winter |
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For many years, most regulatory research focused on instrumental motivations for compliance, which emphasize the role of rewards and punishments related to (dis)obeying the law. However, more recent studies have also emphasized the potential role of normative motivations. Using survey data collected from a sample of 1,182 traffic offenders in the Netherlands, and building on the ‘procedural justice model’ which was first developed in Why People Obey the Law (Tyler 1990), this paper explores how perceptions of legitimacy shape regulatory compliance. The study makes three contributions to the literature. First, this study is one of the few studies in which the procedural justice model is tested in Continental Europe. Second, following recent critiques in the literature, the paper introduces three modifications to the original model. Third, and unlike most previous studies, this study is not entirely based on self-reporting by drivers, but includes actual evidence about their behavior as well. With regard to the self-reported level of compliance, our study largely confirms Tyler’s (1990) original findings. Yet with regard to the observed level of compliance, there are also important differences between both studies. These findings will be explained by shifting our focus of attention from Tyler’s ‘universalistic’ approach to ‘legitimacy-in-context’ (Beetham 1991). |
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Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Trefwoorden | Becker, Outsiders, biography, methodology |
Auteurs | Thaddeus Müller |
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In this article on the social production of the book Outsiders, I will situate its production in the daily practice of the social worlds in which Becker was involved. Therefore I focus on the relations, interactions and situations which were relevant for the form, content and success of Outsiders. For data, I use fragments from my email communication with Howard Becker, the collected interviews and other publications which show that Becker seeks to demystify Outsiders. My main contribution is that I use Becker’s own words to demystify the ethnographic practice of Outsiders and describe its mundane backstage reality, which is described by Fine as ‘the underside’ of ethnography (1993). |
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De straat praat? De performance van ‘street credibility’ |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Trefwoorden | Performance, street credibility, (gangsta) rap, identity |
Auteurs | Robby A. Roks |
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This article deals with the performance of ‘street credibility’. A dramaturgical analysis of the lyrics and videos of 15 rap artist from The Hague sheds light on the various ways they try to achieve a credible street reputation as rappers. In their frontstage presentation they highlight their street knowledge, strike violent poses, and claim affiliation to certain infamous local gangs or neighborhoods. Backstage, however, these performances are being deconstructed by other actors who participate in the local street culture and who form a critical, metaphysical audience of the presentations of the rappers. |
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Autoriteit in beeldOver toezichthouders en medialogica in het nieuws |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Toezicht, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Trefwoorden | Media, Medialogica |
Auteurs | Thomas Schillemans en Sandra Jacobs |
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Publieke organisaties staan van oudsher bekend als nieuwsmijdende organisaties. Ze voeren belangrijke publieke taken uit met een soms grote invloed op de samenleving, maar ze opereren relatief onzichtbaar achter gekozen politici die voor hen het woord voeren en op grond van bureaucratische routines en wettelijke regelingen. |
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Psychische klachten bij mannelijke gedetineerdenPrevalentie en risicofactoren |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Trefwoorden | mental health, prisoners, deprivation model, longitudinal |
Auteurs | Anne Brons MSc, Dr. Anja Dirkzwager, Drs. Karin Beijersbergen e.a. |
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This study examined the prevalence and predictors of male inmates’ mental health problems. Data were used from the Prison Project, a longitudinal study in which 824 prisoners were surveyed twice (three weeks and three months after arrival in prison). Compared with the general population, inmates reported significantly more psychological problems. Except for depressive symptoms, inmates’ mental health problems decreased over time. After controlling for prior mental health problems and a number of import factors, we found that those who shared a cell in the first weeks of their imprisonment and held more positive judgments regarding daytime activities and the relationships with staff, reported fewer psychological problems after three months. Those who were verbally abused by prison staff during their first weeks in prison reported more psychological problems after three months. |