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American Legal Thought from Premodernism to Postmodernism: An Intellectual Voyage

By Stephen M. Feldman

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
0195109678, 9780195109672, 019510966X, 9780195109665, 9781423759416
Open Library ID
OL7388021M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
974 kB (996894 bytes)
Pages
288\285
Topic
History
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

American legal thought has progressed remarkably quickly from premodernism to modernism and into postmodernism in little over two hundred years, running from the nation's founding through today. This book tells the story of this mercurial journey through jurisprudence by showing the development of legal thought through these three intellectual periods. Feldman's narrative revolves around two broad interrelated themes: jurisprudential foundations and the idea of progress. Comprehensive and accessible, the book draws on significant cases from Supreme Court history to provide a handy one-volume overview for law students, practitioners, and legal scholars.

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