American Legal History: Cases and Materials
- ISBN-10
- 0195059085
- ISBN-13
- 9780195059083
- Series
- American Legal History
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 589
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Authors
- William M. Wiecek, Paul Finkelman, Kermit Hall
Description
Approaching American legal history from a new perspective, this text employs cases and other legal documents to reveal the law's underlying culture. American Legal History provides a comprehensive selection of the most important documents--well over 170--which integrate the history of public and private law from America's colonial origins to the present. It devotes special attention to the interaction of social and legal change, shows how legal ideas developed in tandem with specific historical events, and reveals a rich legal culture unique to America. Introductions and explanations accompany each document, tying legal developments to broader historical themes and providing a social and political context essential to an understanding of the history of law in America. Offering a thorough examination of both public and private law, American Legal History is essential for students and teachers of constitutional and legal history, the judicial process, and the effects of law on society.
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