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Criminal Responsibility, Ken Levy
A Man For All Reasons: The Uses Of Alexis De Tocqueville's Writings In U.S. Judicial Opinions, Christine Corcos
A Man For All Reasons: The Uses Of Alexis De Tocqueville's Writings In U.S. Judicial Opinions, Christine Corcos
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The United States has never been given to particular adoration of foreign observers of its mores, who quite often turn out to be critics rather than admirers. Nevertheless, one of its favorite visitors since his one and only appearance on the scene in 1831-1832 is the 25-year-old magistrate Alexis de Tocqueville, sent by his government to study penal reform in the new republic. Tocqueville and his good friend Gustave de Beaumont, like young adventurers before and since, took the opportunity to extend their stay, and turned their tour of prisons into a journey through the young nation that furnished the …