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The lost world of classical legal thought : law and ideology in America, 1886-1937 / William M. Wiecek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiecek, William M., 1938- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Philosophy--History.
- Law.
- Jurisprudence--United States--History.
- Jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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;
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771990-2
- 0-19-514713-8
- 1-280-47114-X
- 0-19-535337-4
- 1-60256-260-1
- OCLC:
- 191038315
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07943 hdl
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