Success Without Victory : Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in America.

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Winners and losers. Success and failure. Victory and defeat. American culture places an extremely high premium on success, and firmly equates it with winning. In politics, sports, business, and the courtroom, we have a passion to win and are terrified of losing. Instead of viewing success and failur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lobel, Jules
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2004.
Temas:
Law > United States > Anecdotes.
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects.
Political activists > United States > Anecdotes.
Droit > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Justice > Administration > Aspect politique.
Activistes > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
LAW / General.
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects
Law
Political activists
United States
Anecdotes
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Winners and losers. Success and failure. Victory and defeat. American culture places an extremely high premium on success, and firmly equates it with winning. In politics, sports, business, and the courtroom, we have a passion to win and are terrified of losing. Instead of viewing success and failure through such a rigid lens, Jules Lobel suggests that we move past the winner-take-all model and learn valuable lessons from legal and political activists who have advocated causes destined to lose in court but have had important, progressive long term effects on American society. He leads us throu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (331 pages)
ISBN:9780814752814
0814752810

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