LEADER 02616oam 22004814a 450 001 9910792951303321 005 20230210210143.0 010 $a0-8262-7363-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001387183 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4862929 035 $a(OCoLC)987617558 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51459 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001387183 100 $a20160329d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aJohn Henry Wigmore and the rules of evidence $ethe hidden origins of modern law /$fAndrew Porwancher 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aColumbia, MO :$cUniversity of Missouri Press,$d2016. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2018 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies in Constitutional Democracy 311 0 $a0-8262-2086-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Wigmore's life -- 2. Intellectual influences -- 3. Wigmore's Treatise -- 4. Law & society -- 5. Judging -- 6. Contemporary recognition -- Epilogue. 330 $aAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under the weight of its anachronism. In the midst of this crisis, John Henry Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, single-handedly modernized the jury trial with his 1904-5 Treatise on evidence, an encyclopedic work that dominated the conduct of trials. In so doing, he inspired generations of progressive jurists among them Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin Cardozo, and Felix Frankfurter to reshape American law to meet the demands of a new era. Yet Wigmores' role as a prophet of modernity has slipped into obscurity. This book provides a radical reappraisal of his place in the birth of modern legal thought --Front flap. 410 0$aStudies in constitutional democracy. 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$xPhilosophy 606 $aLaw teachers$zIllinois$vBiography 615 0$aLaw$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLaw teachers 676 $a271.79120436 700 $aPorwancher$b Andrew$01515657 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792951303321 996 $aJohn Henry Wigmore and the rules of evidence$93751570 997 $aUNINA