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Informationen zum Autor M. H. Hoeflich is Kane Professor of Law at University of Kansas. He is the author of Roman and Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence as well as articles in various journals, including the Journal of Legal History, American Journal of Legal History, Law and History Review, and Law Library Journal. Professor Hoeflich is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the American Law Institute. Klappentext Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Review of the hardback: 'This changes dramatically how we think about 'the history of the book' and legal history, both. Hoeflich brings unprecedented precision to how law books were made and distributed and how this affected legal knowledge. Most importantly, Legal Publishing in Antebellum America shows how we can get at this most difficult of problems: how did ideas remake America?' Alfred Brophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Review of the hardback: 'Very occasionally a book appears that is a real monument to learning. M. H. Hoeflich's Legal Publishing in Antebellum America encompasses the study of law, business, history, books, and informational technology in one masterful narrative. Very few have the knowledge to write a book like this. Even fewer do it. We are all in M. H. Hoeflich's debt.' Daniel R. Coquillette, Boston College Law School Review of the hardback: ' ... full of useful details and insights, often so well presented that they trump (for enjoyment) any consideration of business trends or intellectual movements. Readers will cite Hoeflich's scheme of periodization; but they will also remember the many inferences he can draw from a printed catalogue or a list of subscribers.' Law and History Review Zusammenfassung Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Part business history! part legal history! part history of information diffusion! M. H. Hoeflich shows how various developments contributed to the growth of the industry from an essentially local industry to a national industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. A bookish profession; 2. Birth of the law book trade; 3. Spreading the word: catalogues and cultivation; 4. Bidding for law books; 5. Risk, subscriptions, and status; 6. John Livingston, esq.: law bookseller as cultural entrepreneur; 7. Conclusion: selling the law in antebellum America....
