TY - BOOK AU - Macias,Steven J. TI - Legal Science in the Early Republic: The Origins of American Legal Thought and Education SN - 9781498519472 AV - KF380.M33 2016 U1 - 340.10973 PY - 2016/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Jurisprudence - United States - History - 19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Introduction to the History of Law in the Early Republic -- Part I -- Chapter One: Expounding Legal Science -- Chapter Two: The Philosophy of Legal Science -- Part II -- Chapter Three: Knickerbocker as Legal Scientist -- Chapter Four: English Radical as Legal Scientist -- Chapter Five: Southern Scholar as Legal Scientist -- Chapter Six: New England Justice as Legal Scientist -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author N2 - 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 the university setting, the production of legal treatises and law journals, the codification movement, and other legal innovations that are still with us today UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4544077 ER -