| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 408 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-383) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
American dispute resolution is more adversarial, compared with systems of other economically advanced countries. Americans more often rely on legal threats and lawsuits. American laws are generally more complicated and prescriptive, adjudication more costly, penalties more severe. Here, Kagan examines the origins and consequences of this system |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adversary system (Law) -- United States.
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Adversary system (Law) |
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United States. |
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Justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Law -- Political aspects.
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Justice, Administration of. |
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Law -- Political aspects. |
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LAW -- Comparative. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kagan, Robert A. Adversarial legalism. Second edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674238367 (DLC) 2019010206 (OCoLC)1090282556 |
| ISBN |
067424267X electronic book |
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9780674242678 electronic book |
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9780674238367 paperback |
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0674238362 paperback |
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