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Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

By Robert A. Kagan

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674039278
DOI
10.4159/9780674039278
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1595071 bytes)
Pages
351\353
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 07:14:50

Description

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.

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