Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
A Self-Made Man
Bangor Lawyer
Reformer and Judge
Evidence and Justice
The Defendant Takes the Stand
Freedom and Responsibility in the Marketplace
Personal Responsibility in the Law of Torts
"The Rights of Man and the Rights of Slavery are at Eternal War"
Government by Consent
Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism and the Limits of Government
Retirement and Legacy
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

DAVID M. GOLD is an attorney in private practice as well as Coordinator of the Paralegal Program, Sullivan County Community College.

Reviews

?. . .The Shaping of Nineteenth-Century Law is a fine work of legal history. . .?-Federal Bar News & Journal

." . .The Shaping of Nineteenth-Century Law is a fine work of legal history. . ."-Federal Bar News & Journal