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A Companion to American Legal History

Edited by: Sally E. Hadden, Alfred L. Brophy

ISBN13: 9781444331424

Published: March 2013

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Country of Publication: USA

Format: Hardback

Price: Out of print

A Companion to American Legal History presents a compilation of the most recent writings from leading scholars on American legal history from the colonial era through the late twentieth century. Presents up-to-date research describing the key debates in American legal history Reflects the current state of American legal history research and points readers in the direction of future research Represents an ideal companion for graduate and law students seeking an introduction to the field, the key questions, and future research ideas

Subjects:: Other Jurisdictions , USA

Contents:: 1. Sally E. Hadden and Alfred L. Brophy; Part I Chronological Overviews 5; 1. Reconsidering the Seventeenth Century: Legal History in the Americas 7 Elizabeth Dale; 2. What's Done and Undone: Colonial American Legal History, 1700-1775 26 Sally E. Hadden; 3. 1775-1815 46 Ellen Holmes Pearson; 4. The Antebellum Era Through Civil War 67 Alfred L. Brophy; 5. Beyond Classical Legal Thought: Law and Governance in Postbellum America, 1865-1920 86 Roman J. Hoyos; 6. American Legal History, 1920-1970 105 Christopher W. Schmidt; Part II Individuals and Groups 125; 7. Native Americans 127 Christian McMillen; 8. African Americans in Slavery 152 Thomas J. Davis; 9. African Americans in Freedom 171 James Campbell; 10. Women's Legal History 190 Felice Batlan; 11. Families 209 David S. Tanenhaus; 12. Who Belongs? Immigrants and the Law in American History 228 Allison Brownell Tirres; 13. The Legal Profession 247 Mark E. Steiner; Part III Subject Areas 267; 14. Law and the Economy of Early America: Markets, Institutions of Exchange, and Labor 269 Christine Desan; 15. Law and the Economy in the United States, 1820-2000 289 Harwell Wells; 16. Law and Labor in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 308 Deborah Dinner; 17. Siting the Legal History of Poverty: Below, Above, and Amidst 329 Felicia Kornbluh and Karen Tani; 18. Taxes 349 Robin L. Einhorn; 19. Law and the Administrative State 367 Joanna L. Grisinger; 20. Law and Religion 387 Steven K. Green; 21. Legal History and the Military 406 Elizabeth L. Hillman; 22. Criminal Law and Justice in America 422 Elizabeth Dale; 23. Intellectual Property 441 Steven Wilf; Part IV Legal Thought 461; 24. Law and Literature 463 Jeannine Marie DeLombard; 25. Legal Thought from Blackstone to Kent and Story 484 Steven J. Macias; 26. American Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 506 James D. Schmidt; 27. Critical Legal Studies 524 John Henry Schlegel; 28. The International Context: An Imperial Perspective on American Legal History 543 Clara Altman; Index 562