The Legal Community and the Transformation of Disputes: The Settlement of Injunction Actions

Authors

James B. Atleson, University at Buffalo School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1989

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Abstract

Lawyers in cases involving injunctions against picketing represent clients in situations of great immediacy. A significant number of injunction actions are settled with reductions in picketing despite a seemingly restrictive statute and a highly organized workforce. This study of legal culture examines the role of lawyers in striving to create predictability, especially in regard to judges and the police, and in transforming conflicts of value into disputes over interests that can be resolved without resort to formal adjudication.

DOI

10.2307/3053880

Publication Title

Law & Society Review

First Page

41

Last Page

73

Comments

© 1989 Law and Society Association. Reproduced with permission.

Required Text

© 1989 Law and Society Association. Reproduced with permission.

Recommended Citation

James B. Atleson, The Legal Community and the Transformation of Disputes: The Settlement of Injunction Actions, 23 Law & Soc'y Rev. 41 (1989).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/803