Law's History: American legal thought and the transatlantic turn to history /
by David M. Rabban
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- xv, 564p.; 24cm.
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society/ by Christopher Tomlines .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction I - The Historical Study of Law in the United States Part I - The European Background II - The Historical Nineteenth Century III - German Legal Scholarship IV - English Legal Scholarship PART II - The Historical Turn in American Legal Scholarship V - Henry Adams and His Students VI - Melville M. Bigelow VIII - Thayer on the History of Evidence IX - Ames on the History of the Common Law X - The History of American Constitutional Law XI - The Historical School of American Jurisprudence XII - Maitland XIII - Pound XIV - Pound’s Successors Conclusion
This is a study of the central role of history in late nineteenth-century American legal thought.(Source: WorldCat)
9781107425088
Law- United State- Philosophy- History- 19th century Law- United State- Interpretation and construction- History- 19th century Law- Study and teaching- United States- History- 19th century