Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force

by H. Jefferson Powell and James Boyd White

The authors of this book share a concern for the state of law and democracy in our country, which to many seems to have deteriorated badly. Deep changes are visible in a wide array of phenomena: judicial opinions, the teaching of law, legal practice, international relations, legal scholarship, congressional deliberations, and the culture of contemporary politics. In each of these intersections between law, culture, and politics, traditional expectations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472116843
• ISBN13: 9780472116843
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"