Description: Witt argues that experiments in accident law at the turn of the 20th century arose out of competing views of the loose network of ideas and institutions that historians call the ideology of free labor. These experiments a century ago shaped 20th- and 21st-century American accident law and laid the foundations of the American administrative state.
Brief description: John Fabian Witt is Professor of Law and History, Columbia University.
Review Quotes: Emerging from legal history, Accidental Republic offers a broad political narrative that explores how Americans confronted the hazards and insecurities of industrialization... A very fine book that is consistently engaging to read.--Jennifer Klein "Business History Review" (9/1/2004 12:00:00 AM)