The Ages Of American Law

Author : Grant Gilmore
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030021104X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ages of American Law written by Grant Gilmore and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following its publication in 1974, Grant Gilmore's compact portrait of the development of American law from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century became a classic. In this new edition, the portrait is brought up to date with a new chapter by Philip Bobbitt that surveys the trajectory of American law since the original publication. Bobbitt also provides a Foreword on Gilmore and the celebrated lectures that inspired The Ages of American Law. "Sharp, opinionated, and as pungent as cheddar."—New Republic "This book has the engaging qualities of good table talk among a group of sophisticated and educated friends—given body by broad learning and a keen imagination and spiced with wit."—Willard Hurst

Author : Grant Gilmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300019513
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ages of American Law written by Grant Gilmore and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinct periods in legal history are described in reflections on the American approach to law since the eighteenth century related to social change

Author : Morton J. HORWITZ
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674038789
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 written by Morton J. HORWITZ and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the United States. Horwitz's subtle and sophisticated explanation of societal change begins with the common law, which was intended to provide justice for all. The great breakpoint came after 1790 when the law was slowly transformed to favor economic growth and development. The courts spurred economic competition instead of circumscribing it. This new instrumental law flourished as the legal profession and the mercantile elite forged a mutually beneficial alliance to gain wealth and power. The evolving law of the early republic interacted with political philosophy, Horwitz shows. The doctrine of laissez-faire, long considered the cloak for competition, is here seen as a shield for the newly rich. By the 1840s the overarching reach of the doctrine prevented further distribution of wealth and protected entrenched classes by disallowing the courts very much power to intervene in economic life. This searching interpretation, which connects law and the courts to the real world, will engage historians in a new debate. For to view the law as an engine of vast economic transformation is to challenge in a stunning way previous interpretations of the eras of revolution and reform.

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743282582
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of American Law: Third Edition written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices, and attitudes toward property, government, crime, and justice. Now completely revised and updated, this groundbreaking work incorporates new material regarding slavery, criminal justice, and twentieth-century law. For laymen and students alike, this remains the only comprehensive authoritative history of American law.

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451602669
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of American Law, Revised Edition written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices and attitudes toward property, slavery, government, crime and justice. Now Professor Friedman has completely revised and enlarged his landmark work, incorporating a great deal of new material. The book contains newly expanded notes, a bibliography and a bibliographical essay.

Author : James Willard Hurst
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1584771941
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Growth of American Law written by James Willard Hurst and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurst, James Willard. The Growth of American Law: The Law Makers. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. xiii, 502 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-194-1. Cloth. $90. * The first contemporary history of the development of American law. A survey of the nature and success of the institution of American law and its agencies and legislative bodies from roughly 1740-1940. Considered "...a pioneering attempt to evaluate in broad terms the contributions to the development of American law made by its five chief formative agencies, the legislatures, the courts, the constitution-making process, the bar and the executive." William F. Fracher, Mo. L. Rev. 15:332-333. By the major legal historian whose writings led "... scholars from other disciplines... to look at law with a fresh and sometimes illuminating eye." Friedman, A History of American Law 595. An important work that has been highly regarded for its social perspective, Henry Steele Commager called it "...a pioneer work in this badly neglected field ...combine(s) scholarship, insight, and narrative and analytical skill in a striking manner." Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 140.

Author : John H. Langbein
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0735596042
Total Pages : 1310 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Common Law written by John H. Langbein and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from European legal systems. The book contains both text and extracts from historical sources and literature. The book is published in color, and contains over 250 illustrations, many in color, including medieval illuminated manuscripts, paintings, books and manuscripts, caricatures, and photographs.

Author : David Andrew Schultz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816043293
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Law written by David Andrew Schultz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically-arranged entries that provide information about topics related to American law, covering legal issues, terms, concepts, court cases, history, and people.

Author : James De Witt Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Law and Procedure written by James De Witt Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Brandon Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the History of American Law written by Richard Brandon Morris and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: