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Jefferson LECTURE SERIES

The Spiderless Web: Exploring the History of Criminal Justice

Lawrence M. Friedman, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Stanford University


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About Lawrence M. Friedman

Lawrence M. Friedman is an American law professor and expert in American legal history. He has been a member of the faculty at Stanford Law School since 1968. Friedman is a leading figure in the law and society movement, and is particularly well known for treating legal history as a branch of general social history. He published the award-winning book History of American Law in 1973.