1.Law， Sociology and Method&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 1
SECTION 1： METHOD VERSUS METHODOLOGY 27
Introduction to Section One&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 27
2.Socio-Legal Ethnography&John Flood 33
3.Systems Theory and Qualitative Socio-Legal Research&Klaus A Ziegert 49
SECTION 2： ETHNOGRAPHY AND LAw 69
Introduction to Section Two&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 69
4.Courses of Mobilisation： Writing Systematic Micro-Histories of Legal Discourse&Thomas Scheffer 75
5.‘Standpoint’， ‘Difference’ and Feminist Research&Samia Bano 91
6.Using Ethnography as a Tool in Legal Research：An Anthropological Perspective&Anne Gri f fiths 113
SECTION 3： STUDYING LEGAL TEXTS 133
Introduction to Section Three&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 133
7.Studying Cases Empirically： A Sociological Method for Studying Discrimination Cases in Sweden&Reza Banakar 139
8.Researching Ombudsmen&Mary Seneviratne 161
9.Researching Discourse and Behaviour as Elements of Law in Action&Bettina Lange 175
SECTION 4： STRUCTURAL APPROACHES 195
Introduction to Section Four&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 195
10.How to Study Danish Judges&Ole Hammerslev 203
11.Changing Maps： Empirical Legal Autopoiesis&John Paterson and Gunther Teubner 215
SECTION 5： STUDYING LEGAL CULTURES 239
Introduction to Section Five&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 239
12.Doing Research into Comparative Criminal Justice&David Nelken 245
13.Researching Legal Culture in Russia：From Asking the Question to Gathering the Evidence&Marina Kurkchiyan 259
SECTION 6： SOCIO-LEGAL RESEARCH IN THE UK 279
Introduction to Section Six&Reza Banakar and Max Travers 279
14.Constructing a Typology of Administrative Grievances：Reconciling the Irreconcilable&Michael Adler 283
15.The Formalisation of Research Ethics&Andrew Boon 301
16.Evaluation Research and Legal Services&Max Travers 327
Bibliography 347
Index 373