Overview :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 provocati... Read More
Overview :Thousands of rules affect our work and play, what we buy, and how we get along with our neighbors. This book meets the need of students and ... Read More
Overview :Throughout America's history, our laws have been a reflection of who we are, of what we value, of who has control. They embody our society's... Read More
Overview :Laws and regulations are ubiquitous, touching on many aspects of individual and corporate behavior. But under what conditions are laws and r... Read More
Overview :In this long-awaited successor to his landmark work A History of American Law, Lawrence M. Friedman offers a monumental history of American ... Read More
Overview :Drawing on many revealing and sometimes colorful court cases of the past two centuries, Private Lives offers a lively short history of the c... Read More
Overview :The trial of O. J. Simpson was a sensation, avidly followed by millions of people, but it was also, in a sense, nothing new. One hundred yea... Read More
Overview :Professional historians address the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in Ame... Read More
Overview :Through a series of historical analyses, Friedman explores the relationship between the legal system and the development of modern science a... Read More
Overview :In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fas... Read More
Overview :Privacy, in human history, is a relatively recent concept. Nobody had much privacy in the Middle Ages. Even kings and queens lacked privacy:... Read More
Overview :This volume of essays examines how the legal systems of the chief countries of Latin America and Mediterranean Europe--Argentina, Brazil, Ch... Read More