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Edward A. Purcell received the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize for his book "The Crisis of Democratic Theory".

About the Author

Edward A. Purcell, Jr., is professor of law at New York Law School. He is the author of Litigation and Inequality and The Crisis of Democratic Theory, for which he received the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize.

Reviews

"Purcell treats Erie with a rigor and depth approached by no other historical account. This book is destined to occupy an important place in the constitutional-historical literature." Clyde Spillenger, UCLA School of Law