The Making of Law: An Ethnography of the Conseil d'Etat

Preface to the English edition vi

1 In the shadow of Bonaparte 1

2 How to make a file ripe for use 70

3 A body in a palace 107

4 The passage of law 127

5 Scientific objects and legal objectivity 198

6 Talking of law? 244

Glossary of technical terms 278

Bibliography 282

Index 291