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Adversarial legalism: the American way of law/ Robert A. Kagan

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dc.contributor.author Kagan Robert A.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-29T22:40:42Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-29T22:40:42Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Kagan. Adversarial legalism: the American way of law: Second edition - London, England: Harvard University Press, 2019 - 1 online resource - URL: https://libweb.kpfu.ru/ebsco/pdf/2224743.pdf
dc.identifier.isbn 067424267X
dc.identifier.isbn 9780674242678
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/181050
dc.description Includes bibliographical references and index
dc.description.abstract 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
dc.description.tableofcontents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 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
dc.description.tableofcontents 9. Adversarial Legalism and the Regulatory State10. Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Adversarial Legalism; Afterword: Adversarial Legalism in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; References; Index
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press
dc.subject.other Adversary system (Law) -- United States.
dc.subject.other Justice, Administration of -- United States.
dc.subject.other Law -- Political aspects.
dc.subject.other LAW -- Comparative
dc.subject.other Adversary system (Law)
dc.subject.other Justice, Administration of
dc.subject.other Law -- Political aspects
dc.subject.other United States
dc.subject.other Electronic books
dc.title Adversarial legalism: the American way of law/ Robert A. Kagan
dc.type Book
dc.description.pages 1 online resource
dc.collection Электронно-библиотечные системы
dc.source.id EN05CEBSCO05C2428


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