This text argues that the American worship of law and legality can become so pathological it resembles a type of legal madness, or Jurismania. It looks at law i... » 

This text argues that the American worship of law and legality can become so pathological it resembles a type of legal madness, or Jurismania. It looks at law in American society, and concludes that much of what is called the rule of law resembles a form of obsessive-compulsive behaviour. «