Everyone takes a swing at the law, says Zechariah Chafee Jr. Judges and lawyers are blamed by losing litigants and reformers alike, yet lawyers fill half the seats in Congress.
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Everyone takes a swing at the law, says Zechariah Chafee Jr. Judges and lawyers are blamed by losing litigants and reformers alike, yet lawyers fill half the seats in Congress. Chafee asks why Americans distrust the law and traces the habit back to the Puritans and Quakers. He compares old and new ideas of what a court should consider, and ends by saying that lawyers must work to make the law rational.
This essay is a chapter of Civilization in the United States, a 1922 collection by thirty writers, edited by Harold E. Stearns, that took a hard look at American life. It is read by Brett Carter.
For listeners interested in law, history or how Americans saw themselves a century ago.
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Details
Length
1 hr
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
July 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798240184352
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This edition of The Law (from Civilization in the United States) by Zechariah Chafee, Jr. is narrated by Brett Carter.
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