G. Edward White
Auteur de Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self
A propos de l'auteur
G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Crédit image: University of Virginia
Séries
Œuvres de G. Edward White
Law in American History: Volume 1: From the Colonial Years Through the Civil War (2006) 41 exemplaires
The Eastern Establishment and the Western Experience: The West of Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Owen… (1968) 10 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 29 No. 1, Fall 1987: 1787: The Constitution in Perspective — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- WHITE, George Edward
WHITE, G. Edward
WHITE, G. E. - Date de naissance
- 1941-03-19
- Sexe
- male
- Études
- Harvard Law School (JD|1970)
Yale University (PhD|History|1967)
Yale University (MA|1964)
Amherst College (AM|1963) - Professions
- historian
lawyer
university professor
law school professor - Relations
- Warren, Earl (mentor)
- Organisations
- University of Virginia School of Law
U.S. Supreme Court - Prix et distinctions
- law clerk for Earl Warren, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, Society of American Historians
fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 656
- Popularité
- #38,461
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 73
- Favoris
- 2
This is the first of two volumes that deal with the historical sources of American Law and its development. The idea of law that came in America with the english settlers and its religion routs, the exchange between the english common law and the law of Native Americans, the incorporation of racism in the law and the development of real state law are some points discussed by Edward White. The author’s exposition is clear and the book succeeds in explaining the historical process behind the formation and development of the law. One can guess that a great deal of legal rules were born in direct response to historical facts that emerged randomly. Contingency has an important role in law’s creation and development.… (plus d'informations)