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