Adversarial Legalism : : The American Way of Law /

Adversarial Legalism : : The American Way of Law / / Robert A. Kagan.

American methods of policy implementation and dispute resolution are more adversarial and legalistic when compared with the systems of other economically advanced countries. Americans more often rely on legal threats and lawsuits. American laws are generally more complicated and prescriptive, adjudi...

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Kagan, Robert A.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2001
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (351 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • I Adversarial Legalism: Contours, Consequences, Causes
  • 1 The Concept of Adversarial Legalism
  • 2 The Two Faces of Adversarial Legalism
  • 3 The Political Construction of Adversarial Legalism
  • II Criminal Justice
  • 4 Adversarial Legalism and American Criminal Justice
  • 5 Deciding Criminal Cases
  • III Civil Justice
  • 6 Adversarial Legalism and Civil Justice
  • 7 The Tort Law System
  • IV Public Law: Social Justice and Regulation
  • 8 Adversarial Legalism and the Welfare State
  • 9 Adversarial Legalism and Regulatory Style
  • 10 Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Adversarial Legalism
  • Conclusion: Can the United States Tame Adversarial Legalism?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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