The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Ole Hammerslev

Ole Hammerslev

Professor

Ole Hammerslev

The object(s) of legality

Author

  • Emilie Cloatre
  • Dave Cowan
  • Ole Hammerslev
  • Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen

Summary, in English

In this article, we argue for the relevance of studying the association between objects and people as co-constituting legality in everyday life rather than solely focusing either on people or on ‘icons’. Indeed, we go further and argue that scholarship is in danger of producing an impoverished version of legal consciousness if it fails to look beyond the human actors, the people in society. Studying objects and associations, and their role in the making of legalities, is enriched by engaging with the insights of legal consciousness, and its close attention to the way in which everyday forms of engagement with legal orders are co-constitutive of legality. We illustrate through two different case studies how associations between objects and people (in a homeless shelter for young people and among herbalists) mediate and shape legal consciousness.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2024-12-16

Language

English

Pages

30-44

Publication/Series

Journal of Law and Society

Volume

51

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Law

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0263-323X