American Law and the Constitutional Order

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American Law and the Constitutional Order is written by Lawrence Meir Friedman and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674025253 (ISBN 10) and 9780674025257 (ISBN 13).

This is the standard reader in American law and constitutional development. The selections demonstrate that the legal order, once defined by society, helps in molding the various forces of the social life of that society. The essays cover the entire period of the American experience, from the colonies to postindustrial society. Additions to this enlarged edition include essays by Michael Parrish on the Depression and the New Deal; Abram Chayes on the role of the judge in public law litigation; David Vogel on social regulation; Harry N. Scheiber on doctrinal legacies and institutional innovations in the relation between law and the economy; and Lawrence M. Friedman on American legal history.