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Title: Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South by William G. Thomas ISBN: 0-8071-2504-0 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent introduction for the layperson
Comment: Thomas writes with clarity and precision about a topic not easily cast in terms of easy generalities. His use of primary resources is impressive and compelling. In all, a well-balanced overview of a complex subject, suitable for the non-specialist reader. Four stars!

Rating: 5
Summary: Thoughtful and provocative
Comment: This book gives a close look behind the scenes of the railroads and their lawyers in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The analysis is refreshingly balanced -- cogent, careful, thoughtful. It will cause anyone interested in the New South, railroads, or the history of American law to rethink the extent of railroad power and the role the law played in the development of American capitalism. At once a business, social, and legal history, it is mainly about the political economy of the South in a period of tense conflict and protest. Thomas tells us about lawyers who pushed the limits of the law and legal process to aid their powerful clients. He also tells us how divided the bar was about these tactics. Even more compelling, he shows why those who lined up against the railroads around the turn of the century were so energized. The book, which is both well-written and engaging, is built largely on original railroad company records. Legal historians and railroad historians in particular will find it provocative, challenging, informative and rewarding.

Rating: 1
Summary: Not a history but populist preaching
Comment: I purchased the book based on the interesting subject which I had never seen in book form. The author's rudimentary knowledge of the law does not get in the way of his pushing the theme that railroad defense counsel sold their ethics for money and generally subverted our entire justice system. These simple populist notions get tiresome after a few chapters. A very disappointing book on a subject that has impacted many areas of the law.