Inventing American Exceptionalism: The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800-1877
(Part of the Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference Series)
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A highly engaging account of the developments--not only legal, but also socioeconomic, political, and cultural--that gave rise to Americans' distinctively lawyer-driven legal culture When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the adversarial trial--dominated by dueling larger-than-life lawyers undertaking grand public performances--that first comes to mind. But as award-winning author Amalia Kessler reveals in this engrossing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0300222254
ISBN13:9780300222258
Release Date:January 2017
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"
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