Emblems of Pluralism
Subtitle: Cultural Differences and the State (The Cultural Lives of Law)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780691089256
Subjects: Central government; Foundations of law; Social groups & communities; Politics and culture; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; United States; Sociological jurisprudence; Constitutional; General; Law / Constitutional; Law / Jurisprudence; Political Science : General; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology; Jurisprudence; Pluralism (Social sciences); State, The
First sentence: IT is conventional in work on groups and associations in America to turn to early commentators on our institutions and, particularly, to the observations of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose reflections on the structure of American society went far beyond the description of governmental institutions.