LEADER 04012nam 22006975 450 001 9910213829003321 005 20231127172612.0 010 $a0-8147-9017-8 010 $a0-585-34677-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814790175 035 $a(CKB)111004368613056 035 $a(EBL)866088 035 $a(OCoLC)784884503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11117094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102237 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049400 035 $a(PQKB)10494432 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866088 035 $a(OCoLC)47011661 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10225 035 $a(DE-B1597)547855 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814790175 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368613056 100 $a20200623h19981998 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican law in the age of hypercapitalism $ethe worker, the family, and the state /$fRuth Colker 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[1998] 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 0 $aCritical America ;$v81 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8147-1562-1 311 $a0-8147-1563-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1. THE TATTERED SAFETY NET --$t2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION --$t3. DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION --$t4. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE --$t5. SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION --$t6. UNPROTECTED WORKERS --$t7. MEDINA'S STORY --$tNOTES --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aSince the fall of communism, laissez-faire capitalism has experienced renewed popularity. Flush with victory, the United States has embraced a particularly narrow and single-minded definition of capitalism and aggressively exported it worldwide. The defining trait of this brand of capitalism is an unwavering reverence for the icons of the market. Although promoted as a laissez-faire form of capitalism, it actually reflects the very evils of selfishness and greed by entrepreneurs that concerned Adam Smith. Capitalism, however, can thrive without an extreme emphasis on efficiency and personal autonomy. Americans often forget that theirs is a rather peculiar form of capitalism, that other Western nations successfully maintain capitalistic systems that are fundamentally more balanced and nuanced in their effect on society. The unnecessarily inhumane aspects of American capitalism become apparent when compared to Canadian and Western European societies, with their more generous policies regarding affirmative action, accommodation for disabled persons, and family and medical leave for pregnant woman and their partners. In American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism, Ruth Colker examines how American law purports to reflect--and actively promotes--a laissez-faire capitalism that disproportionately benefits the entrepreneurial class. Colker proposes that the quality of American life depends also on fairness and equality rather than simply the single-minded and formulaic pursuit of efficiency and utility. 606 $aSociological jurisprudence 606 $aLaw and economics 606 $aCapitalism$zUnited States 606 $aCritical legal studies$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aSociological jurisprudence. 615 0$aLaw and economics. 615 0$aCapitalism 615 0$aCritical legal studies 615 0$aDiscrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation 676 $a349.73 700 $aColker$b Ruth$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0725563 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213829003321 996 $aAmerican Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism$92804751 997 $aUNINA