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Download or read book American Legal Thought from Premodernism to Postmodernism written by Stephen M. Feldman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual development of American legal thought has progressed remarkably quickly form the nation's founding through today. Stephen Feldman traces this development through the lens of broader intellectual movements and in this work applies the concepts of premodernism, modernism, and postmodernism to legal thought, using examples or significant cases from Supreme Court history. Comprehensive and accessible, this single volume provides an overview of the evolution of American legal thought up to the present.