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Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

Book by Robert A Kagan
American methods of policy implementation and dispute resolution are more adversarial and legalistic when compared with the systems of other economically advanced countries. Americans more often rely on legal threats and lawsuits. ... Google Books
Originally published: October 15, 2001
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The book is a brilliant description about why similar problems abound in many different areas of law (criminal, civil, regulatory, social welfare). Adversarial�...
This insightful study deepens our understanding of law and its relationship to politics in America and raises valuable questions about the future of the�...
Adversarial Legalism and American Government.2. BKS's Taming Adversarial Legalism is an engrossing case study of how legal deadlocks are often broken. A�...
The second is litigant activism—a style of legal contestation in which the assertion of claims, the search for controlling legal arguments, and the gathering�...
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In the first edition of this groundbreaking book, Robert Kagan explained why America is much more adversarial―likely to rely on legal threats and�...
Oct 13, 2020We argue that adversarial legalism entails both a style, an everyday practice of dispute resolution and policy making with distinct attributes,�...
When bad things happen and attract media attention, political leaders respond by enacting reform laws, promulgating new regulations, and intensifying legal�...