Law and the Conditions of Freedom in the Nineteenth-Century United States - Softcover

Hurst, James Willard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299013634 ISBN 13: 9780299013639

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964

Synopsis

In these essays J. Willard Hurst shows the correlation between the conception of individual freedom and the application of law in the nineteenth-century United States-how individuals sought to use law to increase both their personal freedom and their opportunities for personal growth. These essays in jurisprudence and legal history are also a contribution to the study of social and intellectual history in the United States, to political science, and to economics as it concerns the role of public policy in our economy. The nonlawyer will find in them demonstration of how "technicalities" express deep issues of social values.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Willard Hurst (1910-1997) was professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School until his retirement in 1980. Internationally recognized as the dean of American legal historians, Hurst was also author of The Law Makers (1950), Law and Economic Growth (1964), and A Legal History of Money in the United States (1973).

Review:

"Ought to be indispensable reading for any conscientious future American law student and should be one of the most palatable items in the intellectual fare of all scholars in the field of the social sciences concerned with the development of the American scene."—Northwestern University Law Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1964
• ISBN 10: 0299013634
• ISBN 13: 9780299013639
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150