Law Writers and the Courts: The Influence of Thomas M. Cooley, Christopher G. Tiedeman, and John F. Dillon Upon American Constitutional Law

Law Writers and the Courts explores the profound yet often overlooked influence of legal commentators on the shaping of American constitutional law in the decades following the Civil War. Clyde E. Jacobs examines how Thomas M. Cooley, Christopher G. Tiedeman, and John F. Dillon—three of the era’s most influential law writers—supplied both the legal profession and the courts with doctrines that crystallized laissez-faire ideology into constitutional principle. Through their treatises, these ...