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Catchword for “Lochnerism”
Catchword: Lochnerism
Filed Under: , ,
Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: American legal theory regularly congratulates itself on its rejection of “Lochnerism” the fetishistic acceptance and constitutional entrenchment of a particular private rights-system against all efforts to redistribute rights and resources and to regulate economic activity.
Article or Document Title:
“Legal Analysis as Institutional Imagination”
Author:
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Modern Law Review
Date of Publication:
Jan. 1, 1996
Page Number:
14
Volume: 59
Number or Issue: 1
This cite belongs to a full entry for Lochnerism.
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