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Adversarial legalism : the American way of law /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kagan, Robert A. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Adversary system (Law) > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
Law > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • 1. Adversarial legalism : contours, consequences, causes. The concept of adversarial legalism
  • The two faces of adversarial legalism
  • The political construction of adversarial legalism
  • 2. Criminal justice. Adversarial legalism and American criminal justice
  • Deciding criminal cases
  • 3. Civil justice. Adversarial legalism and civil justice
  • The tort law system
  • 4. Public law : social justice and regulation. Adversarial legalism and the welfare state
  • Adversarial legalism and the regulatory state
  • Economic development, environmental protection, and adversarial legalism
  • Afterword: Adversarial legalism in the twenty-first century.