Horwitz, Morton J., 1938-

The transformation of American law, 1870-1960 : the crisis of legal orthodoxy / Morton J. Horwitz. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. - ix, 361 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The structure of classical legal thought, 1870-1905 -- The progressive attack on freedom of contract and objective causation -- Santa Clara revisited : the development of corporate theory -- The place of Justice Holmes in American legal thought -- The progressive transformation in the conception of property -- Defining legal realism -- The legacy of legal realism -- Legal realism, the bureaucratic state, and the rule of law -- Post-war legal thought, 1945-1960.

0195070240 (cloth : alk. paper)


Law--Philosophy--History.--United States
Law--Interpretation and construction--History.--United States
Sociological jurisprudence--History.

KF380 / .H67 1992

349.73 347.3