Adversarial legalism :: the American way of law

"In the first edition of this groundbreaking book, Robert Kagan explained why America is much more adversarial--likely to rely on legal threats and lawsuits--than other economically advanced countries, with more prescriptive laws, more costly adjudications, and more severe penalties. This updat...

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1. Verfasser: Kagan, Robert A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England : Harvard University Press, 2019
Ausgabe:Second edition
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Zusammenfassung:"In the first edition of this groundbreaking book, Robert Kagan explained why America is much more adversarial--likely to rely on legal threats and lawsuits--than other economically advanced countries, with more prescriptive laws, more costly adjudications, and more severe penalties. This updated edition also addresses the rise of the conservative legal movement and anti-statism in the Republican party, which have put in sharp relief the virtues of adversarial legalism in its ability to empower citizens, lawyers, and judges to mount challenges to the arbitrary or unlawful exercise of government authority"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 408 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:067424267X
9780674242678

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