Inventing American Exceptionalism: The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800-1877

by Amalia D. Kessler

Book Overview

A highly engaging account of the developments--not only legal, but also socioeconomic, political, and cultural--that gave rise to Americans' distinctively lawyer-driven legal culture

When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the adversa

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300222254
• ISBN13: 9780300222258
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"