Beyond Mirrors: Lawrence Friedman's Moving Pictures
Law and Society Review, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 995-1016, 1988
23 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Date Written: January 1, 1988
Abstract
Lawrence Friedman is a rare and remarkable phenomenon. He is a counter who thinks and a thinker who counts. He is aware of paradoxes such as the fact that "Everybody is an individual; everybody is also a conformist" (1985b: 102). More specifically, Friedman is particularly knowledgeable about the limitations and unpredictable consequences of efforts at legal reform. Yet, surprisingly, he seems somehow to be able to escape transforming his healthy skepticism into cynicism.
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