American law in the 20th century / Lawrence M. Friedman.
2002
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American law in the 20th century / Lawrence M. Friedman.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
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©2002
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xii, 722 pages ; 24 cm
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-689) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0300091370 cloth alkaline paper
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