02343nam 2200601 450 991078235860332120230421044149.00-19-771966-X1-280-65508-90-19-802674-90-19-535137-1(CKB)1000000000549226(StDuBDS)AH24083472(SSID)ssj0000300922(PQKBManifestationID)12061676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300922(PQKBWorkID)10260815(PQKB)11402606(Au-PeEL)EBL4700660(CaPaEBR)ebr11272919(OCoLC)476008323(MiAaPQ)EBC4700660(EXLCZ)99100000000054922620161011h19981998 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrJurismania the madness of American law /Paul F. CamposNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1998.©19981 online resource (x,198p.)Includes index.0-19-510785-3 0-19-513083-9 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.In this book, Paul Campos argues that the American worship of law and legality can at times become so pathological that it comes to resemble a type of legal madness, or Jurismania. Campos offers an intensely critical look at the role of law and legal reason in American society, and concludes that much of what is called the rule of law resembles a culturally sanctioned form of obsessive-compulsive behaviour.LawUnited StatesMethodologyJudicial processUnited StatesCulture and lawLawMethodology.Judicial processCulture and law.349.73/01Campos Paul F.1495949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782358603321Jurismania3720355UNINA