American law in the twentieth century
By: Lawrence M. Friedman.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 722
Subjects: Law -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Structure, power, and form : American public law, 1900-1932; title: The legal profession in the early twentieth century; title: The law of business and commerce; title: Crime and punishment in the new century; title: Race relations and civil liberties; title: The Roosevelt Revolution; title: War and postwar : prosperity and the flowering of the welfare state; title: Crime and criminal justice in the postwar world; title: Courts, trials, and procedures in the twentieth century; title: Race relations and civil rights; title: The liability explosion : personal-injury law in the twentieth century; title: Business law in an age of change; title: The law of property; title: Family law and family life; title: Internal legal culture : the legal profession; title: American legal culture in the twentieth century; title: Backward and forward : counterrevolution and its aftershocks; title: Getting around and spreading the word; title: Law : an American export; title: Taking stock.