Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

By Robert A. Kagan

Book Overview

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. American laws are generally more complicated and prescriptive, adjudication more costly, and penalties more severe.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674006216
• ISBN13: 9780674006218
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"