Legal Science in the Early Republic - The Origins of American Legal Thought and Education

This work of legal history explores the intellectual underpinnings of law in the early republic by examining the thought of scientifically minded legal scholars. It understands legal science as a coherent jurisprudential movement that was responsible for the institutionalization of law in many settings, productions, and movements.

List of contents

An Introduction to the History of Law in the Early Republic
Part I: Legal Science
Chapter 1. Expounding Legal Science: Early Republican Law Lectures
Chapter 2. The Philosophy of Legal Science
Part II: Legal Scientists
Chapter 3. Knickerbocker as Legal Scientist: Gulian C. Verplanck
Chapter 4. English Radical as Legal Scientist: Thomas Cooper
Chapter 5. Southern Scholar as Legal Scientist: Hugh S. Legaré
Chapter 6. New England Justice as Legal Scientist: Joseph Story
Conclusion

About the author

Steven J. Macias is assistant professor of law at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Product details

• Authors: Steven J. Macias, Macias Steven J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498519489
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1948-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general