| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 722 pages) |
| Contents |
Structure, power, and form : American public law, 1900-1932 -- The legal profession in the early twentieth century -- The law of business and commerce -- Crime and punishment in the new century -- Race relations and civil liberties -- The Roosevelt Revolution -- War and postwar : prosperity and the flowering of the welfare state -- Crime and criminal justice in the postwar world -- Courts, trials, and procedures in the twentieth century -- Race relations and civil rights -- The liability explosion : personal-injury law in the twentieth century -- Business law in an age of change -- The law of property -- Family law and family life -- Internal legal culture : the legal profession -- American legal culture in the twentieth century -- Backward and forward : counterrevolution and its aftershocks -- Getting around and spreading the word -- Law : an American export -- Taking stock |
| Summary |
American law in the twentieth century describes the explosion of law over the past century into almost every aspect of American life. Since 1900 the center of legal gravity in the United States has shifted from the state to the federal government, with the creation of agencies and programs ranging from Social Security to the Securities Exchange Commission to the Food and Drug Administration. Major demographic changes have spurred legal developments in such areas as family law and immigration law. Dramatic advances in technology have placed new demands on the legal system in fields ranging from automobile regulation to intellectual property. Throughout the book, Friedman focuses on the social context of American law. He explores the extent to which transformations in the legal order have resulted from the social upheavals of the twentieth century--including two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, and the sexual revolution. Friedman also discusses the international context of American law: what has the American legal system drawn from other countries? And in an age of global dominance, what impact has the American legal system had abroad? This engrossing book chronicles a century of revolutionary change within a legal system that has come to affect us all |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-689) and index |
| Notes |
Lawrence M. Friedman is Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is the former president of the Law and Society Association and of the American Society for Legal History. His previous books include A History of American Law and Crime and Punishment in American History, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Law -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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LAW -- Legal History.
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Law
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Rechtsstelsels.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300135022 |
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0300135025 |
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9781281734648 |
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1281734640 |
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9786611734640 |
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6611734643 |
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