10 Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Adversarial Legalism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vi
4. I Adversarial Legalism: Contours, Consequences, Causes
5. 1 The Concept of Adversarial Legalism 1
6. 2 The Two Faces of Adversarial Legalism 18
7. 3 The Political Construction of Adversarial Legalism 34
8. II Criminal Justice
9. 4 Adversarial Legalism and American Criminal Justice 59
10. 5 Deciding Criminal Cases 82
11. III Civil Justice
12. 6 Adversarial Legalism and Civil Justice 97
13. 7 The Tort Law System 126
14. IV Public Law: Social Justice and Regulation
15. 8 Adversarial Legalism and the Welfare State 157
16. 9 Adversarial Legalism and Regulatory Style 181
17. 10 Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Adversarial Legalism 207
18. Conclusion: Can the United States Tame Adversarial Legalism? 229
19. Notes 255
20. References 285
21. Index 331