| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- A time for every purpose -- 1 The law of the time -- 2 Telling time -- 3 Community and family time -- 4 Work time -- 5 School time -- 6 Disputes at the boundaries of time -- 7 The general case -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. The Fourth of July is more like the third. Although time is a feature of the natural world, it is at the same time not natural, but given its meaning by human action and, in our contemporary world, primarily through the law. Rakoff argues that legal regulation of the law has become weaker, with unfortunate results for both individuals and families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-215) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Time (Law) -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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LAW -- General.
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Time (Law)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002024079 |
| ISBN |
9780674042520 |
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0674042522 |
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