The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century

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The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In The People's Welfare, William Novak refutes this vision of a stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety, political economy, public property, morality, and public health. Challenging the myth of American individualism, Novak recovers a distinctive nineteenth-century commitment to shared obligations and public duties in a well-regulated society. Novak explores the by-laws, ordinances, statutes, and common law restrictions that regulated almost every aspect of America's society and economy, including fire regulations, inspection and licensing rules, fair marketplace laws, the moral policing of prostitution and drunkenness, and health and sanitary codes. Based on a reading of more than one thousand court cases in addition to the leading legal and political texts of the nineteenth century, The People's Welfare demonstrates the deep roots of regulation in America and offers a startling reinterpretation of the history of American governance.

Country	USA
Author	William J. Novak
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807846117
Edition	3rd
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807846112
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	408
PublicationDate	1996-12-15
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)

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