Law, Society, and History: Themes in the Legal Sociology and Legal History of Lawrence M. Friedman

This book assembles essays on legal sociology and legal history by an international group of distinguished scholars. All of them have been influenced by the eminent and prolific legal historian, legal sociologist, and scholar of comparative law, Lawrence M. Friedman. Not just a Festschrift of essays by colleagues and disciples, this volume presents a sustained examination and application of Friedman's ideas and methods. Some of the writers directly assess and comment on Friedman's vast body of work, while others examine his conclusions to see how well they have stood up over time. Various contributors apply concepts and insights derived from Friedman's work to the study of similar problems in different periods and societies. And others use Friedman's concepts and insights as a foil or contrast to their own approaches to studying law and society from theoretical perspectives very different from his. Together, the essays in this volume show the powerful ripple effects of Friedman's work on American and comparative legal sociology, American and comparative legal history, and the general sociology of law and legal change.

Author: Robert W. Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/30/2014
Pages: 454
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9781107459496

About the Author
Gordon, Robert W.: - Robert W. Gordon is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale University. He has also taught at the universities of Buffalo, Wisconsin and Stanford. He is the author of The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Critical Legal Histories and many articles on the history of the legal profession, the uses of history in legal argument and contract law. He is at work on a history of the American legal profession in the twentieth century.Horwitz, Morton J.: - Morton J. Horwitz is Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Law at Harvard University. He is the author of The Transformation of American Law 1780-1860, which won the Bancroft Prize in American History, The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960 and The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice. He is at work on a history of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren, a volume in the Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court.