Nobody's law: legal consciousness and legal alienation in everyday life

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- Erik's Day in Court -- After the Verdict -- Legal Consciousness -- Why People Turn to Law -- Legal Hegemony: 'Law Is Saturating Our Daily Life' -- Reconsidering the 'Critical' Approach -- Empirical Flaws -- Methodological Flaws -- Conceptual Flaws -- Towards an Alternative Approach -- Why People Turn Their Back to Law -- Legal Alienation: 'The Absence of Law from Everyday Life' -- Research Design and Methodology -- Legal Wind-Chill Factor -- Legal Consciousness Studies -- Living Law -- Public Trust and Legitimacy -- Case Studies -- Plan of the Book -- References -- Part I Different Stories About Law -- Chapter 2 The Myth of Dutch Legal Culture -- Abstract -- Introduction -- How Much Do the Dutch Support the Justice System? -- Trust as (Single) Indicator for Legitimacy -- Public Trust in Courts and Judges -- Conclusion: 'Legitimacy Is High and Stable' -- From What to How People Think About Law -- Problems with Trust -- A Reassessment of Survey Evidence -- Public Attitudes Towards Law -- Public Opinion About Courts -- Public Opinion About Judges -- How Do the Dutch Understand the Justice System? -- Public Dissatisfaction About Punitiveness and Responsiveness -- Conclusion: 'Contested Legitimacy' -- Conclusion: No Solid Support but Sullen Toleration -- Debunking the Myth of Dutch Legal Culture -- Why Do People Turn Their Back to Law? -- References -- Chapter 3 Loyalists, Legalists, Cynics and Outsiders -- Abstract -- Introduction -- What Is Alienation? -- Alienation in Social Science -- Different Dimensions of Alienation -- The End of Alienation? -- What Is Legal Alienation? -- Internal and External Understandings of Law -- Different Dimensions of Legal Alienation -- Normative Profiles -- I. Legalists -- II. Loyalists -- III. Cynics