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The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886-1937
This book examines legal ideology in America 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.
| Author(s) | By William M. Wiecek (Congdon Professor of Public Law, Congdon Professor of Public Law, Syracuse University). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 296 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 21 Jun 2001 |
| Availability | POD |
This book examines legal ideology in America 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.
William M. Wiecek is Congdon Professor of Public Law at Syracuse University
