G. Edward White

American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This Very Short Introduction demonstrates the pivotal role of law in American life. Chapters focus on the legal history of Indian tribes, slavery, property rights, the relationship of law to entrepreneurial activity, crimes and punishments, domestic relations, civil injuries and tort law, as well as legal education and the legal profession.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 171mm x 116mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9780199766000
• ISBN-10: 0199766002
• Artikelnr.: 39075212

Autorenporträt

G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law and University Professor at the University of Virginia. His 15 books include The American Judicial Tradition, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self. White is the editor of the John Harvard Library edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s The Common Law (2009) and is currently writing a three-volume history of American law, the first volume of which, Law in American History, From the Colonial Years Through the Civil War, appeared in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The legal history of Indian tribes
Chapter 2: Law and African-American slavery
Chapter 3: Rights of property and their regulation
Chapter 4: Law and entrepreneurship
Chapter 5: Criminal law and the treatment of criminals
Chapter 6: Law and domestic relations
Chapter 7: Civil injuries and the law of torts
Chapter 8: Legal education and the legal profession
References
Further reading
Index