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Author Nelson, William E. (William Edward), 1940-

Title The legalist reformation : law, politics, and ideology in New York, 1920-1980 / William E. Nelson.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (457 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in legal history
Studies in legal history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-441) index.
Contents 1922 -- The conservative agenda -- The reform agenda -- Conservatives versus reformer -- 1938 -- Gradual assimilation as a constitutional mechanism for ending inequality -- Gradual assimilation as an economic mechanism for ending inequality -- The prevention of injury -- Liberty and sexuality -- Liberty and the family -- The growth of distrust -- 1968 -- Gender equity -- Equality for underdogs -- Bureaucracy --Enterprise and efficiency.
Summary Based on a detailed examination of New York case law, this volume demonstrates how law, politics, and ideology in the state have changed in tandem between 1920 and 1980. A new legal ideology was created which aspired to liberty, equality, human dignity and opportunity for all.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Law -- New York (State) -- History.
Law.
New York (State)
History.
Social change -- New York (State) -- History.
Social change.
Law -- Political aspects -- History.
Law -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1920-1980.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Law.
Other Form: Print version: Nelson, William Edward, 1940- Legalist reformation. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001 0807825913 (DLC) 00060724 (OCoLC)44676119
ISBN 0807875562 (electronic book)
9780807875568 (electronic book)
0807825913 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780807825914 (cloth : alkaline paper)