The Theory of Social Revolutions (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Brooks Adams

Overview

In this 1913 volume, Adams sets out the case for the necessity of the impartiality of law. Concerned about the dangers stemming from the great wealth and private power newly being created in America, he argues that the justice system can only be satisfactory when applied in an entirely egalitarian manner. Chapters include “The Collapse of Capitalistic Government,” “The Limitations of the Judicial Function,” “American Courts as Legislative Chambers,” “The Social Equilibrium,” and “Political Courts.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411460003
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	07/12/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	215 KB

About the Author

Brooks Adams (1848-1927), the younger brother of the better-known Henry Adams, was a notable historian in his own right.  In books like The Law of Civilization and Decay (1895) and America's Economic Supremacy (1900), he espoused a theory of cyclical economic rise and fall to which all commercial civilizations are subject.