| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 822 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
Law and the American State, from the Revolution to the Civil War: Institutional Growth and Structural Change / Mark R. Wilson -- Legal Education and Legal Thought, 1790-1920 / Hugh C. MacGill and R. Kent Newmyer -- The Legal Profession: From the Revolution to the Civil War / Alfred S. Konefsky -- The Courts, 1790-1920 / Kermit L. Hall -- Criminal Justice in the United States, 1790-1920: A Government of Laws or Men? / Elizabeth Dale -- Citizenship And Immigration Law, 1800-1924: Resolutions Of Membership And Territory / Kunal M. Parker -- Federal Policy, Western Movement, and Consequences for Indigenous People, 1790-1920 / David E. Wilkins -- Marriage and Domestic Relations / Norma Basch -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery, and the Coming of the Civil War / Ariela Gross -- The Civil War And Reconstruction / Laura F. Edwards -- Law, Personhood, and Citizenship in the Long Nineteenth Century: the Borders of Belonging / Barbara Young Welke -- Law in Popular Culture, 1790-1920: The People and the Law / Nan Goodman -- Law and Religion, 1790-1920 / Sarah Barringer Gordon -- Legal Innovation and Market Capitalism, 1790-1920 / Tony A. Freyer -- Innovations in Law and Technology, 1790-1920 / B. Zorina Khan -- The Laws of Industrial Organization, 1870-1920 / Karen Orren -- The Military in American Legal History / Jonathan Lurie -- The United States and International Affairs, 1789-1919 / Eileen P. Scully -- Politics, State-Building, and the Courts, 1870-1920 / William E. Forbath |
| Summary |
This volume covers the history of American law from the birth of the Republic to the immediate aftermath of the First World War. The reinvention of a distinctly American state system is examined, as are the establishment and growth of a systemic legal education, the growing density of legal institutions, and other areas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Law -- United States -- History.
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Law
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grossberg, Michael, 1950-
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Tomlins, Christopher L., 1951-
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| ISBN |
9781139054188 |
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113905418X |
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9780511466717 |
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0511466714 |
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9781139054188 |
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