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A review of law and letters in american culture by robert a ferguson recommended citation lee w brooks law and letters in american culture 84 m ich l r ev 1047 1986. The role of religion in early american literature has been endlessly studied the role of the law has been virtually ignored robert a fergusons book seeks to correct this imbalancewith the revolution ferguson demonstrates the lawyer replaced the clergyman as the dominant intellectual force in the new nation lawyers wrote the first important plays novels and poems as gentlemen of . Recent literature has detailed the growing importance and prevalence of social norms and fairness in american society in this paper we propose the letter versus the spirit of the law model as a medium for understanding the relationship between the law social norms and fairness in society. Many african americans use their own or their childrens names as a symbol of solidarity within their culture prior to the 1950s and 1960s most african american names closely resembled those used within european american culture with the rise of the mid century civil rights movement there was a dramatic rise in names of various origins one very notable influence on african american are . The rule of law is a set of principles or ideals for ensuring an orderly and just society many countries throughout the world strive to uphold the rule of law where no one is above the law everyone is treated equally under the law everyone is held accountable to the same laws there are clear and fair processes for enforcing laws there is an independent judiciary and human rights are