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Custom, courts, and class formation: constructing the hegmonic process through the petty sessions of a southeastern Irish parish, 1821-1884
American ethnologist • 27 (2) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 400-430
By: Silverman, Marilyn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Classes
- Offenses against the person
- Property offenses
- Litigation
- Judicial authority
- Trial procedure
- Poverty
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rural Irish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1828-1884
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marilyn Silverman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-430)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ireland--Rural conditions