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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453000703321

Autore

Campos Paul F.

Titolo

Jurismania : the madness of American law / / Paul F. Campos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-280-65508-9

0-19-802674-9

0-19-535137-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x,198p.)

Disciplina

349.73/01

Soggetti

Law - United States - Methodology

Judicial process - United States

Culture and law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.