%0 Journal Article
%T Custom, courts, and class formation: constructing the hegmonic process through the petty sessions of a southeastern Irish parish, 1821-1884
%A Silverman, Marilyn
%J American ethnologist
%D 2000
%V Vol. 27
%N no. 2
%I American Ethnological Society
%C Washington
%@ 0094-0496
%G English
%F er06-029
%O Marilyn Silverman
%O LOC search performed 3 December 2012; scanned
%O Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-430)
%X This article examines the courtroom as a site where class hegemony and domination is reproduced. Courtrooms brought together people from different backgrounds, such as large and small landowners, and farmers and landless laborers. Relying largely on court documents and newspaper reports, the author examines which parties were involved in what kinds of litigation, and what were the judgments and sentences. It is noted how the court played an educational role in "civilizing" the poorer classes and engendering a paternalistic role and attitude among the landed magistrate class who, in turn, became more wedded to the imperial state.
%K Ireland
%K Rural conditions
%K Rural Irish
%K Eireanneach
%K Real property
%K Classes
%K Offenses against the person
%K Property offenses
%K Litigation
%K Judicial authority
%K Trial procedure
%K Poverty
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=er06-029
%P 400-430
%[ 2022-06-28