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The transformation of American law, 1870-1960 : the crisis of legal orthodoxy / Morton J. Horwitz.

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: ix, 361 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195070240 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.73 347.3 20
LOC classification:
  • KF380 .H67 1992
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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