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The Twentieth Century and After (1920–)

Series The Cambridge History of Law in America,
Volume 3

Edited by Michael
Grossberg and Christopher
L. Tomlins

Publication Date 2008

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521803076

Hardback ISBN-10 0521803071

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1017/CHOL9780521803076

Overview

Volume III of the Cambridge History of Law in America covers the period from
1920 to the present, 'the American Century'. It charts a century of legal
transformations - in the state, in legal thought and education, in professional
organization and life, in American federalism and governance, in domestic
affairs and international relations. It shows how, politically, socially and
culturally, the twentieth century was when law became ubiquitous in American
life. Among the themes discussed are innovation in the disciplinary and
regulatory use of law, changes wrought by the intersection of law with explosive
struggles around race, gender, class and sexuality, the emergence and
development of the particularly American legal discourse of 'rights', and the
expansion of this discourse to the international arena. The main focus of this
last volume of the Cambridge History of Law in America is the accelerating pace
of change, change which we can be confident will continue. The Cambridge History
of Law in America has been made possible by the generous support of the American
Bar Foundation.

For more details of the print
book, and how to buy it online, please see The Twentieth Century and After
(1920–) in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The
Cambridge History of Law in America Vol. 3: The Twentieth Century and After
(1920–)

Frontmatter

Law
and the State, 1920–2000: Institutional Growth and Structural Change
by Daniel R.
Ernst

Legal
Theory And Legal Education, 1920–2000 by William
W. Fisher III

The
American Legal Profession, 1870–2000 by Robert
W. Gordon

The
Courts, Federalism, and The Federal Constitution, 1920–2000 by
Edward
A. Purcell, Jr.

The
Litigation Revolution by Lawrence
M. Friedman

Criminal
Justice in the United States by Michael
Willrich

Law
and Medicine by Leslie
J. Reagan

The
Great Depression and the New Deal by Barry
Cushman

Labor's
Welfare State: Defining Workers, Constructing Citizens by
Eileen
Boris

Poverty
law and income Support: From the Progressive Era to the War on Welfare
by Gwendolyn
Mink, Samantha
Ann Majic and Leandra
Zarnow

The
Rights Revolution in the Twentieth Century by Mark
Tushnet

Race
and Rights by Michael
J. Klarman

Heterosexuality
as a Legal Regime by Margot
Canaday

Law
and the Environment by Betsy
Mendelsohn

Agriculture
and the State, 1789–2000 by Victoria
Saker Woeste

Law
and Economic Change During the Short Twentieth Century by
John
Henry Schlegel

The
Corporate Economy: Ideologies of Regulation and Antitrust, 1920–2000
by Gregory
A. Mark

Law
and Commercial Popular Culture in the Twentieth-Century United States
by Norman
L. Rosenberg

Making
Law, Making War, Making America by Mary L.
Dudziak

Law,
Lawyers, and Empire by Yves
Dezalay and Bryant G.
Garth

Bibliographic
Essays

Notes
on Contributors (In Order of Appearance

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