Foreign observers of American culture have always been puzzled by
the invocation in all kinds of unlikely contexts of judicial
authority, by the constant reference to personal rights and
freedoms, and by the way in which any topic -- be it of a
political, moral, social or cultural kind -- invariably turns into
a legal one. Permeating, as it does, all levels of American society
and penetrating into all corners of American culture, the law
therefore makes an obvious area of study for anyone interested in
American Studies. The thematic approaches of the ten essays in this
volume are very different and wide-ranging. What the authors of the
essays all have in common is a concern for American law and legal
discourse as these relate to American culture. Incorporating into
the field of American Studies legal concerns and legal issues
presents problems of both a methodological and an ideological
nature. Several of these are intrinsic to the very attempt of doing
interdisciplinary work and consequently concern the nature of
American Studies itself. Addressing these problems as they crop up
in relation to the cultural works discussed, the contributing
authors show that some of the most fertile debates of our
discipline are currently taking place within law and American
Studies.
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