Failures of American methods of lawmaking in historical and comparative perspectives /James R. Maxeiner ; with a foreword by Philip K. Howard.
Maxeiner, James,
Failures of American methods of lawmaking in historical and comparative perspectives /James R. Maxeiner ; with a foreword by Philip K. Howard. - Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
What Americans sought -- What Americans got : deranged laws -- What Americans can do : improve legal methods.
Challenges the myths of common law's superiority over statute law using newly available historical sources and a comparative law analysis.
9781108195836
Legislation--History and criticism.--United States
Parliamentary practice--History and criticism.--United States
Law--History.--United States
Parliamentary practice--Germany.
Legislation--Comparative studies.
Electronic Books.
KF4945 / .F355 2018
Failures of American methods of lawmaking in historical and comparative perspectives /James R. Maxeiner ; with a foreword by Philip K. Howard. - Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
What Americans sought -- What Americans got : deranged laws -- What Americans can do : improve legal methods.
Challenges the myths of common law's superiority over statute law using newly available historical sources and a comparative law analysis.
9781108195836
Legislation--History and criticism.--United States
Parliamentary practice--History and criticism.--United States
Law--History.--United States
Parliamentary practice--Germany.
Legislation--Comparative studies.
Electronic Books.
KF4945 / .F355 2018