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History of the law --- United States --- Law --- History and criticism --- United States of America

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This book argues that modern technology has radically and irretrievably altered our sense of identity and hence our social, political, and legal life. In traditional societies, relationships and identities were strongly vertical: there was a clear line of authority from top to bottom, and identity was fixed by one's birth or social position. But in modern society, identity and authority have become much more horizontal: people feel freer to choose who they are and to form relationships on a plane of equality. The author examines how modern life centers on human identity seen in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and religion, and how this new way of defining oneself affects politics, social structure, and the law. He claims that our horizontal society is the product of the mass media -- in particular, television -- which break down the isolation of traditional life and allow individuals to connect with like-minded others across barriers of space and time. As horizontal groups blossom, loyalties and allegiances to smaller groups fragment what seemed to be the unity of the larger nation. In addition, the media's ability to spread a global mass culture causes a breakdown of cultural isolation that leads to more immigration and heavy pressure on the laws and institutions of citizenship and immigration.

Ethnicity. --- Group identity. --- Social history --- Social values. --- Caractères culturels --- Caractères ethniques --- Collectief bewustzijn --- Collectieve identiteit --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Conscience collective --- Différence (sociologie) --- Ethnic identity --- Ethnicity --- Ethnicité --- Ethnisch bewustzijn --- Groepsbewustzijn [Etnisch ] --- Groepsidentiteit --- Group identity --- Group identity [Ethnic ] --- Groupe [Identité de ] --- Groupes ethniques -- Identité --- Identiteit [Sociale ] --- Identity [Collective ] --- Identity [Community ] --- Identity [Group ] --- Identity [Social ] --- Identité collective --- Identité communautaire --- Identité culturelle --- Identité de groupe --- Identité ethnique --- Identité politique --- Identité raciale --- Identité sociale --- Identités collectives --- Identités ethniques --- Social identity --- Social values --- Sociale identiteit --- Sociale waarden --- Tribalisme --- Valeurs sociales --- 20th century

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In this long-awaited successor to his landmark work A History of American Law, Lawrence M. Friedman offers a monumental history of American law in the twentieth century.The first general history of its kind, American Law in the Twentieth Century describes the explosion of law over the past century into almost every aspect of American life. Since 1900 the center of legal gravity in the United States has shifted from the state to the federal government, with the creation of agencies and programs ranging from Social Security to the Securities Exchange Commission to the Food and Drug Administration. Major demographic changes have spurred legal developments in such areas as family law and immigration law. Dramatic advances in technology have placed new demands on the legal system in fields ranging from automobile regulation to intellectual property.Throughout the book, Friedman focuses on the social context of American law. He explores the extent to which transformations in the legal order have resulted from the social upheavals of the twentieth century--including two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, and the sexual revolution. Friedman also discusses the international context of American law: what has the American legal system drawn from other countries? And in an age of global dominance, what impact has the American legal system had abroad?Written by one of our most eminent legal historians, this engrossing book chronicles a century of revolutionary change within a legal system that has come to affect us all.

Law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- History

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