The Accidental Republic

Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law

John Fabian Witt

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PAPERBACK

$32.50 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674022614

Publication Date: 09/30/2006

Short

322 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

3 tables

World

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John Fabian Witt is Professor of Law and History, Columbia University.

Awards & Accolades

2005 William Nelson Cromwell Book Prize, American Society for Legal History

2005 James Willard Hurst Prize, Law and Society Association

2001 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize, Harvard University Press

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