Trial in American Life

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Ferguson is the George Edward Woodberry Professor of Law! Literature! and Criticism at Columbia University. He is the author of Reading the Early Republic; The American Enlightenment! 1750-1820; and Law and Letters in American Culture. Klappentext Traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. This book shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about themselves. Zusammenfassung Traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. This book shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Ferguson, FERGUSON ROBERT A
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780226243269
• ISBN: 978-0-226-24326-9
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries