The Ages of American Law / Vickie Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sullivan, Vickie, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"[Gilmore's book is] an expanded version of lectures on the development of American law delivered at Yale Law School, where he teaches. The lectures (now essays) convey a highly original, and personal, view of that development, and like the personality who set them down they are sharp, opinionated, and as pungent as cheddar."-The New Republic "Gilmore offers us, in readily digestible form, the benefits of a lifetime of legal scholarship, with an insight here, a hypothesis there, and balanced judgment throughout. ... [This book is] an exciting and lively little intellectual history of American law. Blessed with a clean and lean style, Gilmore condenses the sweep of centuries, putting movements and individual heroes into perspective."-New York Law Journal"Grant Gilmore's newest book is a joy to read. It is written in a beautiful style, it is intellectually challenging, and it relates the fascinating story of the history of American law.... [It] is a classic and will be read in the next twenty years both in the law schools and in the universities."-Perspective"Gilmore's penchant for the idiosyncratic and his willingness to challenge widely held generalizations give this book a special character. Throughout, the book is lucidly written and possesses a disarming combination of wit and erudition. The Ages of American Law is a notable addition to the legal literature spawned by the Storrs Foundation."-American Historical ReviewGrant Gilmore is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Age of Discovery

3. The Age of Faith

4. The Age of Anxiety

5. On Looking Backward and Forward at the Same Time

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300161564

0300161565

OCLC:

1024008991