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John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence: The Hidden Origins of Modern Law (Studies in Constitutional Democracy)
Andrew Porwancher
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; LAZ; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system began to buckle under the weight of its anachronism. In the midst of this crisis, John Henry Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, single-handedly modernized the jury trial with his 1904–5 Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law. He inspired generations of progressive jurists—among them Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin ... Read more
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system began to buckle under the weight of its anachronism. In the midst of this crisis, John Henry Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, single-handedly modernized the jury trial with his 1904–5 Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law. He inspired generations of progressive jurists—among them Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826220868
SKU
V9780826220868
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About Andrew Porwancher
Andrew Porwancher is assistant profes- sor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma and lives in Norman, OK USA.
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