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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778193003321

Autore

Rakoff Todd D

Titolo

A time for every purpose [[electronic resource] ] : law and the balance of life / / Todd D. Rakoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-674-04252-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

304.2/3

Soggetti

Time (Law) - United States

Civil procedure - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- A time for every purpose -- 1 The law of the time -- 2 Telling time -- 3 Community and family time -- 4 Work time -- 5 School time -- 6 Disputes at the boundaries of time -- 7 The general case -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. The Fourth of July is more like the third. Although time is a feature of the natural world, it is at the same time not natural, but given its meaning by human action and, in our contemporary world, primarily through the law. Rakoff argues that legal regulation of the law has become weaker, with unfortunate results for both individuals and families.