wyszukanych pozycji: 5
The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy
ISBN: 9780195092592 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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 the period...
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 signifi...
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141,65 zł |
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
ISBN: 9780674903715 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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... In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal s... |
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240,43 zł |
The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice
ISBN: 9780809016259 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics. The men who made up the Supreme Court when Earl Warren was Chief Justice (1953-69) changed America forever, and their decisions are still affecting constitutional law today. This overview of the Warren Court focuses on its landmark cases and enduring legacy. The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics. The men who... |
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69,72 zł |
Law, Society, and History: Themes in the Legal Sociology and Legal History of Lawrence M. Friedman
ISBN: 9781107459496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book assembles essays on legal sociology and legal history by an international group of distinguished scholars. All of them have been influenced by the eminent and prolific legal historian, legal sociologist, and scholar of comparative law, Lawrence M. Friedman. Not just a Festschrift of essays by colleagues and disciples, this volume presents a sustained examination and application of Friedman's ideas and methods. Some of the writers directly assess and comment on Friedman's vast body of work, while others examine his conclusions to see how well they have stood up over time. Various...
This book assembles essays on legal sociology and legal history by an international group of distinguished scholars. All of them have been influenced ...
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269,59 zł |
American Legal Realism
ISBN: 9780195071238 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A comprehensive, in-depth discussion of the most influential movement in American legal history, and one which remains more than fifty years later the subject of lively debate, this collection of readings, written largely between 1900 and 1940, includes works from prominent writers on the subject that have never before been generally available. Introduced and edited by noted scholars in the field, the anthology includes such contributors as Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Thayer, Roscoe Pound, John Chipman Gray, Wesley Hohfeld, Karl Llewellyn, Arthur Corbin, Nathan Issacs, Robert Hale, Harold...
A comprehensive, in-depth discussion of the most influential movement in American legal history, and one which remains more than fifty years later the...
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267,25 zł |