Litigation Nation: A Cultural History of Lawsuits in America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Charles Hoffer, John David SmithSeries:American WaysPublish date:2024-08-15Pages:232
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9798881800130UPC:9798881800130Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Social History, United StatesBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC3MR37Z48
This book charts the history of civil litigation in America from the 17th century to today, using key cases that illustrate the central theme of lawsuits in different periods of U.S. history, and enabling readers to explore and understand key questions in American life and culture through the changing nature of how and why we sue one another.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9798881800130UPC:9798881800130Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Social History, United StatesBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC3MR37Z48
Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia and coeditor of the prizewinning series Landmark Law Cases and American Society. His nearly dozen books include The Supreme Court: An Essential History, The Historians' Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time, Brave New World: A History of Early America, Seven Fires: The Urban Infernos That Reshaped America, The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History, and The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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