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Title: Ages of American Law by Grant Gilmore ISBN: 0-300-02352-9 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1979 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Notes for a Longer Book
Comment: I don't know why The Ages of American Law is regarded as a classic of American legal history. It's clearly written but tries to cover way too much ground in a very short space (111 pages of text with large print and big margins). Based on a series of lectures, The Ages of American Law strings together short observations on legal topics ranging from Lord Mansfield to the development of the Uniform Commercial Code. No subject is developed in depth: at best, the "book" is notes for a real book. One of my professors at law school used to rave about this book. It must have been because he's mentioned favorably in an endnote.
Rating: 4
Summary: engaging intellectual history
Comment: A very interesting history of American law, useful for those about to enter the legal profession or enroll in law school, or anyone wishing to learn more about the history of ideas in law.
Rating: 5
Summary: A concise classic.
Comment: When Lawrence M. Friedman wrote his landmark "A History of American Law," he remarked that American legal history has been a neglected field. Some progress (although not enough) has been made in the field since Friedman published his History in 1973. Part of that progress has been the publication of Grant Gilmore's little book, "The Ages of American Law," which is justly considered to be a classic. The book is based on the lectures Gilmore gave during the 150th Anniversary of Yale Law School for the Storrs Lecture Series in 1974. Although "The Ages of American Law" is an "expanded" version of the Storrs Lectures, the book is still remarkable for its concision as well as for its clarity. Gilmore does not purport to offer an authoritative history of American law in the same vein as Friedman's History. Rather, he captures the grand sweep of history and condenses it into a gem of 154 pages. It remains in print nearly twenty-five years after first publication for good reason-it is well worth reading.
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Title: Introduction to Legal Reasoning by E.H. Levi ISBN: 0226474089 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1962 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: The Supreme Court Explained by Ellen Greenberg ISBN: 0393316386 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Berring's Legal Research Survival Manual by Robert C. Berring, Elizabeth A. Edinger ISBN: 0314264000 Publisher: West Group Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Magic Mirror: Law in American History by Kermit L. Hall ISBN: 0195044606 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: American Law: An Introduction by Lawrence Meir Friedman ISBN: 0393972739 Publisher: R.S. Means Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.45 |
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