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The Cambridge History of Law in America

Volume 3. The Twentieth Century and After (1920–)

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Editors:
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Christopher Tomlins, American Bar Foundation, Chicago

Daniel R. Ernst, William W. Fisher III, Robert W. Gordon, Edward A. Purcell, Jr, Lawrence M. Friedman, Michael Willrich, Leslie J. Reagan, Barry Cushman, Eileen Boris, Gwendolyn Mink, Samantha Ann Majic, Leandra Zarnow, Mark Tushnet, Michael J. Klarman, Margot Canaday, Betsy Mendelsohn, Victoria Saker Woeste, John Henry Schlegel, Gregory A. Mark, Norman L. Rosenberg, Mary L. Dudziak, Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth

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Date Published: February 2012
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isbn: 9781107640887

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Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of Law in America covers the period from 1920 to the present, 'the American Century'. It charts a century of legal transformations, and shows how, politically, socially and culturally, the twentieth century was when law became ubiquitous in American life. Among the themes discussed are innovation in the disciplinary and regulatory use of law, changes wrought by the intersection of law with explosive struggles around race, gender, class and sexuality, the emergence and development of the particularly American legal discourse of 'rights', and the expansion of this discourse to the international arena. The main focus of this last volume of The Cambridge History of Law in America is the accelerating pace of change, change which we can be confident will continue. The Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the generous support of the American Bar Foundation.
- Presented in the great tradition of collectively written Cambridge histories, The Cambridge History of Law in America brings together sixty scholars - all the leading historians of law in the United States - to chart our accumulated knowledge of law in America from the first European contacts at the end of the sixteenth century through the early twenty-first century
- These three volumes put on display all the intellectual vitality and variety of the best that American legal history has to offer
- These books present an original, comprehensive and authoritative account of the present understanding and range of interpretation of the history of American law
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'This volume offers much legal-historical scholarship of a high order. The extended bibliographical essays that conclude the work show the depth of learning underpinning the enterprise … This is a volume that amply repays close reading and reflection, and at its best escapes the bounds of a reference work and offers a powerful historical vision.' Edinburgh Law Review
'Grossberg and Tomlin present this fine edited collection of essays on the law in the US...The chapter authors, leading experts in their fields, present lively, well-written pieces...Of great value is each volume's long, comprehensive bibliographic essay, which is over 120 pages in each book. A very good and enriching treatment of the topics covered, as well as a good general survey.' Choice
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- Date Published: February 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107640887
- length: 978 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 150 x 52 mm
- weight: 1.16kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Law and state, 1920–2000: institutional growth and structural change Daniel R. Ernst
2. Legal theory and legal education, 1920–2000 William W. Fisher III
3. The American legal profession, 1870–2000 Robert W. Gordon
4. The courts, Federalism and the Federal Constitution, 1920–2000 Edward A. Purcell, Jr
5. The litigation revolution Lawrence M. Friedman
6. Criminal justice in the United States Michael Willrich
7. Law and medicine Leslie J. Reagan
8. The Great Depression and the New Deal Barry Cushman
9. Labor's welfare state: defining workers, constructing citizens Eileen Boris
10. Poverty law and income support: from the progressive era to the war on welfare Gwendolyn Mink, Samantha Ann Majic and Leandra Zarnow
11. The rights revolution in the twentieth century Mark Tushnet
12. Race and rights Michael J. Klarman
13. Heterosexuality as a legal regime Margot Canaday
14. Law and the environment Betsy Mendelsohn
15. Agriculture and the state, 1789–2000 Victoria Saker Woeste
16. Law and economic change during the short twentieth century John Henry Schlegel
17. The corporate economy: ideologies of regulation and antitrust, 1920–2000 Gregory A. Mark
18. Law and commercial popular culture in the twentieth-century United States Norman L. Rosenberg
19. Making law, making war, making America Mary L. Dudziak
20. Law, lawyers and empire Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth.
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Editors
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Christopher Tomlins, American Bar Foundation, Chicago
Michael Grossberg is the Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and a Professor of Law at Indiana University. His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and family.
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Daniel R. Ernst, William W. Fisher III, Robert W. Gordon, Edward A. Purcell, Jr, Lawrence M. Friedman, Michael Willrich, Leslie J. Reagan, Barry Cushman, Eileen Boris, Gwendolyn Mink, Samantha Ann Majic, Leandra Zarnow, Mark Tushnet, Michael J. Klarman, Margot Canaday, Betsy Mendelsohn, Victoria Saker Woeste, John Henry Schlegel, Gregory A. Mark, Norman L. Rosenberg, Mary L. Dudziak, Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth