Laying Down the Law

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Laying Down the Law is written by R. W. Kostal and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 067424382X (ISBN 10) and 9780674243828 (ISBN 13).

After WWII, U.S. leaders sought to create liberal rule-of-law regimes in Germany and Japan, but the effort was often unsuccessful. Kostal argues that the manifest failings of America’s own rule-of-law democracy were partially to blame, weakening U.S. credibility and resolve and revealing the country’s ambiguous status as a global moral authority.