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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Campos, Paul F. Jurismania. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)42407286 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul F Campos |
ISBN: | 9780198026747 0198026749 9786610655083 6610655081 0195351371 9780195351378 |
OCLC Number: | 435912170 |
Notes: | Originally published: 1998. Includes index. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) |
Responsibility: | Paul F. Campos. |
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Abstract:
This text argues that the American worship of law and legality can become so pathological it resembles a type of legal madness, or "Jurismania". It looks at law in American society, and concludes that much of what is called the rule of law resembles a form of obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
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Jurismania provides a sharp reminder that the law cannot solve all problems, and serves up a chilling vision of a demented world in which regulation is all-pervasive and where respect for the law is lost through its misuse. It is a cautionary tale upon which we could do worse than reflect. * Roderick Munday, Justice of the Peace Volume 163 * Read more...
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