The first book to deliver a lucid, comprehensive overview of the entire legal system, from the grandeur of Constitutional theory to the squalid workings of Congress, The Nonsense Factory provides a deeply researched and witty examination of America's state of legal absurdity, concluding with sensible options for reform
Author(s): Bruce Cannon Gibney
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 544
City: New York City
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Preface: The Exception Is the Rule
Introduction
Chapter 1—The Value of Law: More Than Just a Nuisance
Chapter 2—Jurisprudence: Making and Breaking Law
Chapter 3—Legal Education:The School as Scandal
Chapter 4—Legislatures: Outsourced Sausage-Making
Chapter 5—Bureaucracy: Empire by Form
Chapter 6—Judges: Robots, Umpires, or Gods?
Chapter 7—Arbitration: Privatized Justice
Chapter 8—Legal Economics: Putting a Price on Priceless
Chapter 9—Prosecutors and Defenders: Angels of Vengeance and Mercy
Chapter 10—Police: The Thick Blue Line
Chapter 11—Proof: The Evidence for Evidence
Chapter 12—Remedies: How Many Wrongs Make a Right?
Chapter 13—Failing from the Top Down: Imperial Presidencies and Constitutional Erosion
Conclusion: Proposals Modest and Otherwise
Acknowledgments
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Appendix: A Binding Illustration of Why People Hate the Law
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