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Autore: |
Horwitz Morton J. <1938->
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Titolo: |
The transformation of American law, 1870-1960 : the crisis of legal orthodoxy / / Morton J. Horwitz
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Pubblicazione: | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 |
1992 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (737 p.) |
Disciplina: | 349.73 |
Soggetto topico: | Law - United States - Philosophy - History |
Law - United States - Interpretation and construction - History | |
Sociological jurisprudence - History | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Introduction; ONE: The Structure of Classical Legal Thought, 1870-1905; TWO: The Progressive Attack on Freedom of Contract and Objective Causation; THREE: Santa Clara Revisited: The Development of Corporate Theory; FOUR: The Place of Justice Holmes in American Legal Thought; FIVE: The Progressive Transformation in the Conception of Property; SIX: Defining Legal Realism; SEVEN: The Legacy of Legal Realism; EIGHT: Legal Realism, the Bureaucratic State, and the Rule of Law; NINE: Post-War Legal Thought, 1945-1960; Conclusion; NOTES; NAME INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N |
OP; R; S; T; V; W; Y; CASE INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W | |
Sommario/riassunto: | When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an ""extremely valuable book."" Library Journal praised it as""brilliant"" and ""convincing."" And Eric Foner, in The New York Review of Books, wrote that ""the issues it raises are indispensable for understanding nineteenth-century America."" It won the coveted Bancroft Prize in American History and has since become the standard source on American law for theperiod b |
Titolo autorizzato: | The transformation of American law, 1870-1960 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-972908-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910815459703321 |
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