Law and the Conditions of Freedom in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Type

Book

Authors

James Willard Hurst

ISBN 10

0299013634

ISBN 13

9780299013639

Tags

United States, Jurisprudence, History & Theory, Law, Political History

Description

In these essays J. Willard Hurst shows the correlation between the conception of individual freedom and the application of law in the nineteenth-century United States—how individuals sought to use law to increase both their personal freedom and their opportunities for personal growth. These essays in jurisprudence and legal history are also a contribution to the study of social and intellectual history in the United States, to political science, and to economics as it concerns the role of public policy in our economy. The nonlawyer will find in them demonstration of how "technicalities" express deep issues of social values. - from Amzon

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