The Republic of Choice: Law, Authority, and Culture

by Lawrence M. Friedman

Book Overview

In this imaginative exploration of modern legal culture, Lawrence Friedman addresses how the contemporary idea of individual rights has altered the legal systems and authority structures of Western societies. Every aspect of law, he argues--from civil rights to personal-injury litigation to divorce law--has been profoundly reshaped, reflecting the power of this concept.

The new individualism is quite different from that of the nineteenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674762614
• ISBN13: 9780674762619
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"