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A central theme of law and society is that people's ideas about law and the decisions they make to mobilize law are shaped by community norms and cultural context. But this was not always an established concept. Among the first empirical pieces to articulate this theory was David Engel's 1984 article, 'The Oven Bird's Song: Insiders, Outsiders, and Personal Injuries in an American Community'. Over thirty years later, this article is now widely considered to be part of the law and society canon. This book argues that Engel's article succeeds so brilliantly because it integrates a wide variety of issues, such as cultural transformation, attitudes about law, dispute processing, legal consciousness, rights mobilization, inclusion and exclusion, and inequality. Contributors to this volume explore the influence of Engel's important work, engaging with the possibilities in its challenging hypotheses and provocative omissions related to the legal system and legal process, class conflict and difference, and law in other cultures.

Personal injuries --- Injuries (Law) --- Liability for personal injuries --- Accident law --- Employers' liability --- Torts --- Social aspects --- Law and legislation --- Engel, David M. --- Case studies

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During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe adopted national legislation that required employers to compensate workers injured or killed in accidents at work. These laws suggested that the risk of accidents was inherent to work and not due to individual negligence. By focusing on Britain, Germany, and Italy during this time, Julia Moses demonstrates how these laws reflected a major transformation in thinking about the nature of individual responsibility and social risk. The First Modern Risk illuminates the implications of this conceptual revolution for the role of the state in managing problems of everyday life, transforming understandings about both the obligations and rights of individuals. Drawing on a wide array of disciplines including law, history, and politics, Moses offers a fascinating transnational view of a pivotal moment in the evolution of the welfare state.

Industrial accidents --- Workers' compensation --- Welfare state --- Risk-taking (Psychology) --- Risk behavior --- Risky behavior --- Taking risks --- Human behavior --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Workmen's compensation --- Employers' liability --- Social security --- Accidents, Industrial --- Accidents, Occupational --- Employees --- Industrial disasters --- Industrial injuries --- Occupational accidents --- Occupational injuries --- Accidents --- Disasters --- Disability evaluation --- History