Becoming Free, Becoming Black // Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross
It all begins with an idea.
Taming the Past: Essays on Law in History and History in Law // Robert W. Gordon
It all begins with an idea.
Murder in the Shenandoah: Making Law Sovereign in Revolutionary Virginia // Jessica K. Lowe
It all begins with an idea.
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America // Martha S. Jones
It all begins with an idea.
States of Dependency: Welfare, Rights, and American Governance, 1935-1972 // Karen M. Tani
It all begins with an idea.
The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law // Stefan Jurasinski.
It all begins with an idea.
Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis // Cynthia Nicoletti
It all begins with an idea.
Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire // Sam Erman
It all begins with an idea.
The First Modern Risk: Workplace Accidents and the Origins of European Social States // Julia Moses
During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe adopted national legislation that required employers to compensate workers injured or killed in accidents at work. These laws suggested that the risk of accidents was inherent to work and not due to individual negligence. By focusing on Britain, Germany, and Italy during this time, Julia Moses demonstrates how these laws reflected a major transformation in thinking about the nature of individual responsibility and social risk. The First Modern Risk illuminates the implications of this conceptual revolution for the role of the state in managing problems of everyday life, transforming understandings about both the obligations and rights of individuals. Drawing on a wide array of disciplines including law, history, and politics, Moses offers a fascinating transnational view of a pivotal moment in the evolution of the welfare state.