Legal Consciousness: Some Observations

Law in everyday life and death: a socio-legal study of chronic disorders of consciousness

This paper addresses, from a socio-legal perspective, the question of the significance of law for the treatment, care and the end-of-life decision making for patients with chronic disorders of consciousness. We use the phrase 'chronic disorders of consciousness' as an umbrella term to refer to severely brain-injured patients in prolonged comas, vegetative or minimally conscious states. Based on...

".. The Law Is All Over": Power, Resistance and the Legal Consciousness of the Welfare Poor

The Efficacy of Aminophylline on Raising Consciousness in Benzodiazepines-Intoxicated Patients

How Law Shapes Experiences of Parenthood for Same-Sex Couples

Gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) parents are increasingly common and visible, but they face a number of social and legal barriers in the United States. Using legal consciousness as a theoretical framework, we draw on data from 51 interviews with GLB parents in California and Nebraska to explore how laws impact experiences of parenthood. Specifically, we address how the legal context influences ...

After Legal Consciousness

■ Abstract Legal consciousness as a theoretical concept and topic of empirical research developed to address issues of legal hegemony, particularly how the law sustains its institutional power despite a persistent gap between the law on the books and the law in action. Why do people acquiesce to a legal system that, despite its promises of equal treatment, systematically reproduces inequality? ...