GROWTH OF AMERICAN LAW: THE LAW MAKERS

Hurst, James Willard

Item #: 5446

Pages: xiii,502p.
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2001.

Subjects: JURISPRUDENCE, LEGAL HISTORY

The first contemporary history of the development ofAmerican Law. A survey of the nature and success of theinstitution of American law and its agencies and legislativebodies from roughly 1740-1940. Considered "...a pioneeringattempt to evaluate in broad terms, the contributions tothe development of American law made by its five chiefformative agencies, the legislatures, the courts, theconstitutional making process, the bar, and the executive."William F. Fratcher Mo. L. Rev. 15:332-333. An importantwork that has been highly regarded for its social perspec-tive...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New YorkUniversity (1953) 140.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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