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Total Justice

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ISBN-10: 0871542684

ISBN-13: 9780871542687

Edition: 1985 (Reprint)

Authors: Lawrence M. Friedman

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It is a widely held belief today that there are too many lawsuits, too many lawyers, too much law. As readers of this engaging and provocative essay will discover, the evidence for a "litigation explosion" is actually quite ambiguous. But the American legal profession has become extremely large, and it seems clear that the scope and reach of legal process have indeed increased greatly. How can we best understand these changes? Lawrence Friedman focuses on transformations in American legal culture that is, people's beliefs and expectations with regard to law. In the early nineteenth century, people were accustomed to facing sudden disasters (disease, accidents, joblessness) without the…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 6/28/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English