TY - GEN N2 - In Rules versus Relationships, John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr examine the experiences of litigants seeking redress of everyday difficulties through the small claims courts of the American legal system. The authors find two major and contrasting ways in which litigants formulate and express their problems in terms of specific rule violations and seek concrete legal remedies that would mend soured relationships and respond to their personal and social needs. AB - In Rules versus Relationships, John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr examine the experiences of litigants seeking redress of everyday difficulties through the small claims courts of the American legal system. The authors find two major and contrasting ways in which litigants formulate and express their problems in terms of specific rule violations and seek concrete legal remedies that would mend soured relationships and respond to their personal and social needs. T1 - Rules versus relationships :the ethnography of legal discourse / AU - Conley, John M., AU - O'barr, William M. AU - O'Barr, William, CN - K190 ID - 22758 KW - Tribunaux des petites créances KW - Ethnologie juridique. KW - Droit KW - Procédure relative au procès KW - Ethnological jurisprudence. KW - Trial practice KW - Ethnological jurisprudence KW - LAW : GENERAL LEGAL SUBJECTS : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SN - 0226114910 TI - Rules versus relationships :the ethnography of legal discourse / ER -