Across the globe law in all its variety is becoming more central to politics, public policy, and everyday life. Top sociolegal scholars use Robert A. Kagan's concepts and methods to examine the politics of litigation and regulation around the world.

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Law Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes 2. Adversarial Legalism, Civil Rights, and the Exceptional American State R. Shep Melnick 3. Seeing Through the Smoke: Adversarial Legalism and U.S. Tobacco Politics Michael McCann and William Haltom 4. Kagan's Atlantic Crossing: Adversarial Legalism, Eurolegalism, and Cooperative Legalism in European Regulatory Style, Francesca Bignami and R. Daniel Keleman 5. Coping With Auto Accidents in Russia, Kathryn Hendley 6. Overcoming the Disconnect: Internal Regulation and the Mining Industry Neil Gunningham 7. Devolving Standards: California's Structural Failures in Response to Prisoner Litigation Malcolm M. Feeley and Van Swearingen 8. Style Matters: On the Role of Pattern Analysis in the Study of Regulation Cary Coglianese 9. The Politics of Legalism [Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes