Legally Speaking
Subtitle: Contemporary American Culture and the Law
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781558492073
Subjects: General; Sociology Of Law; Politics / Current Events; Law; United States; Legal System; Popular Culture - General; Anthropology; Cultural studies; USA; Culture and law
First sentence: The concept of American exceptionalism-that is, the claim that America is not only different from other countries, but also unique in a fundamentally benevolent way has recently been the target of heavy criticism.