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Record Nr.

UNISA996247979903316

Autore

Wiecek William M. <1938->

Titolo

The lost world of classical legal thought : law and ideology in America, 1886-1937 / / William M. Wiecek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771990-2

0-19-514713-8

1-280-47114-X

0-19-535337-4

1-60256-260-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

349.73/01

Soggetti

Law - United States - Philosophy - History

Jurisprudence - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue: The Challenge of Classical Legal Thought; One: The Foundations of Classical Legal Thought, 1760-1860; Two: The Emergence of Legal Classicism, 1860-1890; Three: Classicism Ascendant, 1880-1930; Four: Classicism Contested, 1893-1932; Five: The Collapse of Legal Classicism, 1930-1942; Epilogue; Appendix: Historiography and the Supreme Court; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This text examines the ideology of elite lawyers and judges from the Gilded Age to the New Deal. Between 1866 and 1937, this coherent outlook, or legal orthodoxy, shaped the way the American bar interpreted and understood the law.