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"Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law coexists uneasily with anxiety about the "legalization" of society. Always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans' deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers."--BOOK JACKET.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2006University of Wisconsin Press · 448 pages · 9780299213541
- Hardcover · English · 2005University of Wisconsin Press · 448 pages · 9780299213503
LawyersHumorPublic opinionComplaints againstAmerican wit and humor, lawHumor, form, jokes & riddlesLAWJurisprudence