| Americanization of the Common Law Contributor(s): Nelson, William E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820315877 ISBN-13: 9780820315874 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 340.097 |
| LCCN: 93025304 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.08" W x 8.94" (1.03 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Americanization of the Common Law remains one of the standard works on the transformation of law in America from the late colonial period to the end of the early republic. In a straightforward manner, William E. Nelson analyzes the profound ideological movement that grew out of the American Revolution and caused substantial structural change in the legal and social order of Massachusetts and, by extension, in the nation at large. The Revolution, Nelson argues, transformed a hierarchical and communitarian legal and social order into an egalitarian and individualistic one. For this edition, Nelson has written a new preface in which he discusses the book's initial reception and the relevant historiographical issues that have arisen since it was first published in 1975. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nelson, William E.: - WILLIAM E. NELSON is a professor of law at New York University. His book The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine won the Littleton-Griswold Prize of the American Historical Association. |