The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Morton J. Horwitz
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Legal history
- Time of Work: 1870-1960
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Roscoe Pound, Learned Hand, Felix Frankfurter, Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, James Landis
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Law and jurisprudence
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Law or legislation, Immigration or emigration, Lawyers, Industrialization, Urbanization, Legal ethics
- Locales: United States
In 1977, Morton J. Horwitz published the first volume of his history of American law. That work explored the period from 1780 to 1860. Arguing that the issues of the years of the Civil War and its aftermath required a separate study, Horwitz in this volume continues the story from 1870 until 1960. The period under discussion was possibly the most traumatic in all of American history. Industrialism, urbanization, and immigration fundamentally transformed American society from being overwhelmingly rural, agricultural, and seemingly ethnically homogeneous, particularly if one ignored...
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