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Wiecek, William M., 1938-

The lost world of classical legal thought : law and ideology in America, 1886-1937 / William M. Wiecek. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: the challenge of classical legal thought -- The foundations of classical legal thought, 1760-1860 -- The emergence of legal classicism, 1860-1890 -- Classicism ascendant, 1880-1930 -- Classicism contested, 1893-1932 -- The collapse of legal classicism, 1930-1942 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Historiography and the Supreme Court.

This volume examines legal ideology in the US from the height of the Gilded Age through the time of the New Deal, when the Supreme Court began to discard orthodox thought in favour of more modernist approaches to law. Wiecek places this era of legal thought in its historical context, integrating social, economic, and intellectual analyses.

ISBN: 0585211795 9780585211794 1602562601 9781602562608 128047114X 9781280471148 9786610471140 6610471142

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--Philosophy--History.--United States
Jurisprudence--History.--United States
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Jurisprudence.
Law--Philosophy.
Rechtstheorie.
Droit--Philosophie--Histoire.--Etats-Unis

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
Verenigde Staten.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: KF380 / .W54 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 349.73/01

National Agricultural Library Call No.: KF380 / (INTERNET)