A History of American Law presents a general history of the legal system of the United States, beginning in the colonial period and continuing up to the present day. The book covers the changing configurations of commercial law, criminal law, family law, and the law of property. Furthermore, it lays great stress on race relations and looks closely at the legal profession and legal education. The underlying theory of this eminently accessible book is that thelaw is the product of society.
A History of American Law presents a general history of the legal system of the United States, beginning in the colonial period and continuing up to the present day. The book covers the changing configurations of commercial law, criminal law, family law, and the law of property. Furthermore, it lays great stress on race relations and looks closely at the legal profession and legal education. The underlying theory of this eminently accessible book is that thelaw is the product of society.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lawrence M. Friedman is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
Inhaltsangabe
* Prologue * Part I: The Beginnings: American Law in the Colonial Period * Part II: From the Revolution to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century:1776-1850 * Chapter 1 The Republic of Bees * Chapter 2 Outposts of the Law: The Frontier and the Civil Law Fringe * Chapter 3 Law and the Economy: 1776-1850 * Chapter 4 The Law of Personal Status: Wives, Paupers, and Slaves * Chapter 5 An American Law of Property * Chapter 6 The Law of Commerce and Trade * Chapter 7 Crime and Punishment: And a Footnote on Tort * Chapter 8 The Bar and Its Works * Part III: American Law to the Close of the Nineteenth Century * Chapter 1 Blood and Gold: Some Main Themes in the Law in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century * Chapter 2 Judges and Courts: 1850-1900 * Chapter 3 Procedure and Practice: An Age of Reform * Chapter 4 The Land and Other Property * Chapter 5 Administrative Law and Regulation of Business * Chapter 6 Torts * Chapter 7 The Underdogs: 1850-1900 * Chapter 8 The Law of Corporations * Chapter 9 Commerce, Labor, and Taxation * Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment * Chapter 11 The Legal Profession: The Training and Literature of Law * Chapter 12 The Legal Profession: At Work * Part IV: The Twentieth Century * Chapter 1 Leviathan Comes of Age * Chapter 2 The Growth of the Law * Chapter 3 Internal Legal Culture in the Twentieth Century: Lawyers, Judges, and Law Books * Chapter 4 Regulation, Welfare, and the Rise of Environmental Law * Chapter 5 Crime and Punishment in the Twentieth Century * Chapter 6 Family Law in the Twentieth Century * Epilogue A Final Word * Bibliographical Essay * Index
* Prologue * Part I: The Beginnings: American Law in the Colonial Period * Part II: From the Revolution to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century:1776-1850 * Chapter 1 The Republic of Bees * Chapter 2 Outposts of the Law: The Frontier and the Civil Law Fringe * Chapter 3 Law and the Economy: 1776-1850 * Chapter 4 The Law of Personal Status: Wives, Paupers, and Slaves * Chapter 5 An American Law of Property * Chapter 6 The Law of Commerce and Trade * Chapter 7 Crime and Punishment: And a Footnote on Tort * Chapter 8 The Bar and Its Works * Part III: American Law to the Close of the Nineteenth Century * Chapter 1 Blood and Gold: Some Main Themes in the Law in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century * Chapter 2 Judges and Courts: 1850-1900 * Chapter 3 Procedure and Practice: An Age of Reform * Chapter 4 The Land and Other Property * Chapter 5 Administrative Law and Regulation of Business * Chapter 6 Torts * Chapter 7 The Underdogs: 1850-1900 * Chapter 8 The Law of Corporations * Chapter 9 Commerce, Labor, and Taxation * Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment * Chapter 11 The Legal Profession: The Training and Literature of Law * Chapter 12 The Legal Profession: At Work * Part IV: The Twentieth Century * Chapter 1 Leviathan Comes of Age * Chapter 2 The Growth of the Law * Chapter 3 Internal Legal Culture in the Twentieth Century: Lawyers, Judges, and Law Books * Chapter 4 Regulation, Welfare, and the Rise of Environmental Law * Chapter 5 Crime and Punishment in the Twentieth Century * Chapter 6 Family Law in the Twentieth Century * Epilogue A Final Word * Bibliographical Essay * Index
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