American law in the 20th century

by Friedman, Lawrence Meir,
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Published by : Yale University Press, (New Haven :) Physical details: xii, 722 p. Year: 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-689) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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