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Jurismania : the Madness of American Law.

This text argues that the American worship of law and legality can become so pathological it resembles a type of legal madness, or "Jurismania". It looks at law in American society, and concludes that much of what is called the rule of law resembles a form of obsessive-compulsive behaviour...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campos, Paul F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. American Culture and the Madness of Law; 2. The Color of Money; 3. The Anarchic Panopticon; 4. Leaving Las Vegas; 5. Rationalization and Its Discontents; 6. Toward a General Theory of Unicorns; 7. Addicted to Law; 8. The Future of an Illusion; 9. The Banality of Goodness; 10. The Way of Renunciation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.