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Author

Epp, Charles R.

Title Making rights real : activists, bureaucrats, and the creation of the legalistic state / Charles R. Epp.

Imprint

Chicago ; University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	344.052 Ep71m 2009	---	Available

Description	viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series	The Chicago series in law and society
	Chicago series in law and society.
Contents	Theory : the fertile fear of liability -- The problem with policing -- Liability's triumph -- Policing's epiphany -- Spreading the word : variations among police departments -- Tort liability and police reform in Britain -- Sexual harassment -- Playground safety.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Liability (Law) -- United States.
	Law reform -- United States -- Citizen participation.
	Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Tort liability of police -- United States.
	Tort liability of police -- Great Britain.
	Liability for harassment -- United States.
	Playgrounds -- Law and legislation -- United States.
ISBN	9780226211640 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0226211649 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780226211657 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0226211657 (pbk. : alk. paper)