The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

by WilliamJ.Novak (Author)

Synopsis

This study refutes the vision of the USA's stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety and health, political economy and property, and morality. Challenging the myth of individualism, the author explores the commitment to public duty.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 30 Nov 1996

ISBN 10: 0807846112
ISBN 13: 9780807846117