Lowering the bar: lawyer jokes and legal culture
Auteur :
Galanter, Marc
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299213541
Date de publication :
30 août 2006
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
808 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. This book explores the tensions between American's deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers.