Folkways and law ways : law in American studies / edited by Helle Porsdam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porsdam, Helle, 1956-

Series:

Odense University literary and cultural studies ; vol. 8.

Odense University literary and cultural studies ; vol. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States.

Law.

United States.

Law--United States--History.

History.

Culture and law.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Odense : Odense University Press ; Portland, OR : [Distributed in the U.S.A. by] International Specialized Book Services, 2001.

Contents:

1. Plantation Economy and Legal Safeguards of Sexual Discipline in Early Tobacco Colonies / Irmina Wawrzyczek 33

2. The Irony of Progressive Historiography: A Critical Comment on the Revival of Anti-Federalism in Contemporary Constitutional Thought / Saul Cornell 53

3. "Hunting in the Pond Where the Ducks Are": Conservative Opposition to Civil Rights Legislation in the 1964 Election and Beyond / Niels Bjerne-Poulsen 73

4. Protection under United States Law?: It Depends on Who You Are, Where You Are, What Aspect of Your Job You Are Talking About, and Who Is Trying to Hurt You / Mark Gibney 89

5. Recognizing the Law: Value and Identities in William Gaddis's A Frolic of His Own / Bosse Ekelund 113

6. Dissenting Opinions: William Gaddis and Alan Dershowitz on the Spectacles of Justice / Peter Schneck 139

7. "The Promise of American Life": Derrick Bell, Critical Race Theory, and the American Jeremiad / Marcus Bruce 165

8. Hollywood Courtroom Dramas: The Politics of Judicial Realism / Christophe Den Tandt 183

9. A Brief Cultural History of Corporate Legal Theory and Why American Studies Should Care About It / Eric Guthey 209

10. American Links to Legal Reform in Ireland, 1937-1997: A Study in the International Impact of American Constitutional Law / Michael Boss 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

8778385830

OCLC:

48895969