Patterns of American Legal Thought

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1978. xix, 389 pages; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Fine to fine(-) with extremely faint wear, in a edge-chipped and creased jacket in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 0672834170; 9780672834172

Contents: Introduction -- Some central themes of American law. Book review of Lawrence M. Friedman, A history of American law; The path of American jurisprudence; The appellate opinion as historical source material -- Scholarly thought. From sociological jurisprudence to realism: jurisprudence and social change in early twentieth-century America; The evolution of reasoned elaboration: jurisprudential criticism and social change; The intellectual origins of torts in America -- The judiciary. The rise and fall of Justice Holmes; Allocating power between agengies and the courts: the legacy of Justice Brandeis -- Constitutional law. The Supreme Court's public and the publics's Supreme Court; Constitutional protection for personal lifestyles -- Conclusion.

Focuses on scholarly writing, the judiciary, and constitutional law, tracing American legal phases from the sociological jurisprudence of the Progressive Era through the New Deal realist jurisprudence to the current reasoned elaboration. Describes the rise of justice Holmes as one of the inspirational models of the intellectual community, and his fall from grace due to alleged indifference to needs of the underprivileged

Law -- United States -- History. Law -- Philosophy. Law. Jurisprudence Droit -- Philosophie. Droit -- États-Unis -- Histoire. Droit. law (discipline) Law -- Philosophy Jurisprudence Law Recht Rechtsphilosophie Geschichte Law -- United States -- History. Jurisprudence. Geographic: United States USA Identifier: The Chris Fritz Comparative and Historical Legal Perspectives Collection (CHLP)