How Americans Enforce the Law
$412.52
- Hardcover
344 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
In most countries, bureaucratic agencies handle regulatory enforcement. But the United States does things differently. Embedded in statutes governing consumer protection, antitrust, employment, civil rights, and the environment are more than 10,000 “private rights of action”—legal provisions that empower ordinary citizens and their lawyers to enforce the law through lawsuits. This is how Americans regulate everything from wage theft to air pollution to corporate fraud.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781503647824 |
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| ISBN-10: | 150364782X |
| Author: | Diego Zambrano |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Imprint: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A clear and persuasive exploration of a menace hiding in plain sight. The crucial question Americans need to face, but have ignored for too long, is how to resolve thorny disputes. Zambrano unearths a legal tradition that, while valuable, has gone off the rails. And he points the way forward.” —Marc J. Dunkelman, author of Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress and How to Bring it Back
About The Author
Diego Zambrano
Diego A. Zambrano is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
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