| Litigation Nation: A Cultural History of Lawsuits in America Contributor(s): Hoffer, Peter Charles (Author), Smith, John David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 153811657X ISBN-13: 9781538116579 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Law | Torts - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2019015617 |
| Series: American Ways |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Americans have long been identified as a people of law and lawyers with an addiction to lawsuits. In Litigation Nation, Peter Charles Hoffer, one of America's most preeminent legal historians, charts the history of civil litigation from the seventeenth century to the present, using key cases pursued by ordinary people to illustrate how the civil courts have been a battlefront to contest the boundaries of permissible personal conduct in times of social and political change. Using representative case studies from each period--from defamation suits in seventeenth-century America to recent civil rights and gender discrimination lawsuits, Hoffer's concise and accessible history shows how litigation reflects the lives and values of ordinary Americans. |