American law in the age of hypercapitalism
Subtitle: the worker, the family, and the state
By: Ruth Colker.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation -- United States; Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States; Critical legal studies -- United States; Capitalism -- United States; Law and economics; Sociological jurisprudence
Description: In American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism, Ruth Colker examines how American law purports to reflect - and actively promotes - a laissez-faire capitalism that disproportionately benefits the entrepreneurial class. Colker proposes that the quality of American life depends also on fairness and equality rather than simply the single-minded and formulaic pursuit of efficiency and utility.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The tattered safety net; title: Affirmative action; title: Disability discrimination; title: Family and medical leave; title: Sexual orientation discrimination; title: Unprotected workers; title: Medina's story.