Intervention and Detachment: Essays in Legal History and Jurisprudence - Softcover

White, G. Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195084969 ISBN 13: 9780195084962

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This collection of essays by G. Edward White provides, in one place, discussion of a number of the substantive issues of current interest in American legal history and jurisprudence. Ranging through a diverse body of subjects, including "doing history" (methodology and practice), judicial review, and the politics of jurisprudence, the author both explores important topics and raises critical issues affecting the process of writing legal history. Topics include the nature and process of "revisionism" in historical writing, the role of lawyers in the New Deal, the roles of evidence and interpretation in legal history, critical theory, the significance of the Supreme Court in American culture, the historiography of the Marshall Court, and the career of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Written by one of the nation's preeminent legal historians, Intervention and Detachment skillfully integrates the theoretical and the concrete, offering scholars and students a vital survey of modern American legal history.

About this title

About the Author:

G. Edward White is at University of Virginia.

Review:

"G. Edward White is one of the most productive and provocative practitioners of American legal history writing today....[T]he essays White has assembled [in this book] do add up to a very substantial contribution to the literature of American legal history."--American Historical Review

"As the author of many highly respected books on the American judicial system and on individual legal giants, White is extremely well qualified to present essays in legal history and jurisprudence....The writing style is clear and compelling, and the text is well footnoted for those wishing
additional information."--Choice

"The substance of the collection is excellent, showing the relation between legal history and jurisprudence."--Richard E. Coulson, Oklahoma City University

"The author writes well and this collection of essays reads easily."--Robert Langran, Villanova University

"Essential for both historians and lawyers, raising crucial reflective questions for both crafts."--J. Valauri, Northern Kentucky University

"...a thoughtful and nuanced approach to legal historiography....G. Edward White brings to legal history his considerable depth of thought and clarity of expression."--Sean Patrick O'Rourke, The American Journal of Legal History

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0195084969
• ISBN 13: 9780195084962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320