We study the relationship between people and law. This can be formal or informal law, civil law or criminal law, and law on the books or law in action. We are interested in how law shapes people's lives, including the ways they use or don't use law, in both usual and exceptional circumstances. We are interested in how people rely on law and legal categories to shape and explain their behavior, and the ways people imagine, use, evade, or ignore legal processes and ideas. Everyday legality spans several areas of law and society research, including: