Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights against Progressive Reform

by David E. Bernstein

Book Overview

In this timely reevaluation of an infamous Supreme Court decision, David E. Bernstein provides a compelling survey of the history and background of Lochner v. New York. This 1905 decision invalidated state laws limiting work hours and became the leading case contending that novel economic regulations were unconstitutional. Sure to be controversial, Rehabilitating Lochner argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent-and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226043533
• ISBN13: 9780226043531
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"