Early American Law and Society
Author | : Stephen Botein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Stephen Botein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Samuel Reinsch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Common law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Samuel Reinsch |
Publisher | : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Common law |
ISBN | : 1584774878 |
Author | : David M. Rabban |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521761913 |
This is a study of the central role of history in late-nineteenth century American legal thought. In the decades following the Civil War, the founding generation of professional legal scholars in the United States drew from the evolutionary social thought that pervaded Western intellectual life on both sides of the Atlantic. Their historical analysis of law as an inductive science rejected deductive theories and supported moderate legal reform, conclusions that challenge conventional accounts of legal formalism Unprecedented in its coverage and its innovative conclusions about major American legal thinkers from the Civil War to the present, the book combines transatlantic intellectual history, legal history, the history of legal thought, historiography, jurisprudence, constitutional theory, and the history of higher education.
Author | : Peter Charles Hoffer |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2019-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421434598 |
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Author | : David H. Flaherty |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 547 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807839892 |
This collection of outstanding essays in the history of early American law is designed to meet the demand for a basic introduction to the literature of colonial and early United States law. Eighteen essays from historical and legal journals by outstanding authorities explore the major themes in American legal history from colonial beginnings to the early nineteenth century. Originally published in 1969. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author | : Christopher L. Tomlins |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807839086 |
This collection of seventeen original essays reshapes the field of early American legal history not by focusing simply on law, or even on the relationship between law and society, but by using the concept of "legality" to explore the myriad ways in which the people of early America ordered their relationships with one another, whether as individuals, groups, classes, communities, or states. Addressing issues of gender, ethnicity, family, patriarchy, culture, and dependence, contributors explore the transatlantic context of early American law, the negotiation between European and indigenous legal cultures, the multiple social contexts of the rule of law, and the transformation of many legalities into an increasingly uniform legal culture. Taken together, these essays reveal the extraordinary diversity and complexity of the roots of early America's legal culture. Contributors are Mary Sarah Bilder, Holly Brewer, James F. Brooks, Richard Lyman Bushman, Christine Daniels, Cornelia Hughes Dayton, David Barry Gaspar, Katherine Hermes, John G. Kolp, David Thomas Konig, James Muldoon, William M. Offutt Jr., Ann Marie Plane, A. G. Roeber, Terri L. Snyder, and Linda L. Sturtz.
Author | : Morton J. Horwitz |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674903715 |
In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the United States. Horwitz's subtle and sophisticated explanation of societal change begins with the common law, which was intended to provide justice for all. The great breakpoint came after 1790 when the law was slowly transformed to favor economic growth and development. The courts spurred economic competition instead of circumscribing it. This new instrumental law flourished as the legal profession and the mercantile elite forged a mutually beneficial alliance to gain wealth and power. The evolving law of the early republic interacted with political philosophy, Horwitz shows. The doctrine of laissez-faire, long considered the cloak for competition, is here seen as a shield for the newly rich. By the 1840s the overarching reach of the doctrine prevented further distribution of wealth and protected entrenched classes by disallowing the courts very much power to intervene in economic life. This searching interpretation, which connects law and the courts to the real world, will engage historians in a new debate. For to view the law as an engine of vast economic transformation is to challenge in a stunning way previous interpretations of the eras of revolution and reform.
Author | : Christopher L. Tomlins |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1993-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521438575 |
This book presents a fundamental reinterpretation of law and politics in America between 1790 and 1850, the crucial period of the Republic's early growth and its movement toward industrialism. It is the most detailed study yet available of the intellectual and institutional processes that created the foundation categories framing all the basic legal relationships involving working people.
Author | : Lawrence M. Friedman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 2005-06-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0743282582 |
In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices, and attitudes toward property, government, crime, and justice. Now completely revised and updated, this groundbreaking work incorporates new material regarding slavery, criminal justice, and twentieth-century law. For laymen and students alike, this remains the only comprehensive authoritative history of American law.