MAKING RIGHTS REAL |
Subtitle:
Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State
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Book Category:
Law > General
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Author:
Epp, Charles R.
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780226211640?
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Price:
USD 72.00
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Publication Year:
2010
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Publisher Info
Carol Kasper,
University of Chicago Press,1427 E. 60th Street,
Chicago ,
Illinois - 60637,USA
Web: www.press.uchicago.edu Inquiry
Book Description
It's a common complaint: the United States is overrun by rules and procedures that shackle professional judgment, have no valid purpose, and serve only to appease courts and lawyers. Charles R. Epp argues, however, that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies, which in the 1970s helped bring recalcitrant bureaucracies into line with a growing national commitment to civil rights and individual dignity.
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