This collection provides an accessible introduction to a range of studies by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts about law and legal institutions.

This collection of essays aims to introduce the research questions pursued by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts. They offer a distinctive approach towards the study of law and legal institutions through their focus on everyday talk and action.

'...Stacy Burns' account of the interchange between a law Professor and a group of students would make excellent preparatory reading for law school initiates anxious about the proverbial hot seat...Gregory Matosian's detailed exposition of segments of cross-examiniation from Kennedy-Smith rape trail...provides a great lesson for students of trial conduct, not least those who are interested in the plight of rape victims in the witness box.' International Journal of the Sociology of Law '...welcome contribution to the literature, providing a display of the diversity of ethnomethodological possibilities for understanding and respecification of legal activity.' Sociology