2 options
The transformation of American law, 1870-1960 : the crisis of legal orthodoxy / Morton J. Horwitz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horwitz, Morton J., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Philosophy--History.
- Law.
- Law--United States--Interpretation and construction--History.
- Sociological jurisprudence--United States--History.
- Sociological jurisprudence.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 361 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Bancroft Prize-winning first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law has become the standard source on the subject for the period between 1780 and 1860. Now, Horwitz presents The Transformation of American Law, 1870 to 1960, the long-awaited sequel that brings his sweeping history to completion.
- In his pathbreaking first volume, Horwitz showed how economic conflicts helped transform law in antebellum America. Here, Horwitz picks up where he left off, tracing the struggle in American law between the entrenched legal orthodoxy and the Progressive movement, which arose in response to ever-increasing social and economic inequality. Horwitz introduces us to the people and events that fueled this contest between the old order and the new as we sit in on such cases as Lochner v. New York in 1905 -- where the new thinkers sought to undermine orthodox claims for the autonomy of law -- and watch as Progressive thought first crystalized.
- The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960 is a book certain to revise past thinking on the origins and evolution of law in our country. For anyone hoping to understand the structure of American law -- or of America itself -- this volume is indispensable.
- Contents:
- The structure of classical legal thought, 1870-1905
- The progressive attack on freedom of contract and objective causation
- Santa Clara revisited : the development of corporate theory
- The place of Justice Holmes in American legal thought
- The progressive transformation in the conception of property
- Defining legal realism
- The legacy of legal realism
- Legal realism, the bureaucratic state, and the rule of law
- Post-war legal thought, 1945-1960.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Horwitz, Morton J., 1938- Transformation of American law, 1870-1960.
- ISBN:
- 9780199729081
- 0199729085
- Publisher Number:
- 99977312966
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.