جزییات کتاب
ACompanion 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 historyReflects the current state of American legal history research and points readers in the direction of future researchRepresents an ideal companion for graduate and law students seeking an introduction to the field, the key questions, and future research ideasContent: Chapter One Reconsidering the Seventeenth Century: Legal History in the Americas (pages 5–25): Elizabeth DaleChapter Two What's Done and Undone: Colonial American Legal History, 1700?1775 (pages 26–45): Sally E. HaddenChapter Three 1775?1815 (pages 46–66): Ellen Holmes PearsonChapter Four The Antebellum Era Through Civil War (pages 67–85): Alfred L. BrophyChapter Five Beyond Classical Legal Thought: Law and Governance in Postbellum America, 1865–1920 (pages 86–104): Roman J. HoyosChapter Six American Legal History, 1920–1970 (pages 105–124): Christopher W. SchmidtChapter Seven Native Americans (pages 125–151): Christian McMillenChapter Eight African Americans in Slavery (pages 152–170): Thomas J. DavisChapter Nine African Americans in Freedom (pages 171–189): James CampbellChapter Ten Women's Legal History (pages 190–208): Felice BatlanChapter Eleven Families (pages 209–227): David S. TanenhausChapter Twelve Who Belongs? Immigrants and the Law in American History (pages 228–246): Allison Brownell TirresChapter Thirteen The Legal Profession (pages 247–265): Mark E. SteinerChapter Fourteen Law and the Economy of Early America: Markets, Institutions of Exchange, and Labor (pages 267–288): Christine DesanChapter Fifteen Law and the Economy in the United States, 1820–2000 (pages 289–307): Harwell WellsChapter Sixteen Law and Labor in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (pages 308–328): Deborah DinnerChapter Seventeen Siting the Legal History of Poverty: Below, Above, and Amidst (pages 329–348): Felicia Kornbluh and Karen TaniChapter Eighteen Taxes (pages 349–366): Robin L. EinhornChapter Nineteen Law and the Administrative State (pages 367–386): Joanna L. GrisingerChapter Twenty Law and Religion (pages 387–405): Steven K. GreenChapter Twenty?one Legal History and the Military (pages 406–421): Elizabeth L. HillmanChapter Twenty?Two Criminal Law and Justice in America (pages 422–440): Elizabeth DaleChapter Twenty?Three Intellectual Property (pages 441–459): Steven WilfChapter Twenty?Four Law and Literature (pages 461–483): Jeannine Marie DeLombardChapter Twenty?Five Legal Thought from Blackstone to Kent and Story (pages 484–505): Steven J. MaciasChapter Twenty?Six American Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (pages 506–523): James D. SchmidtChapter Twenty?Seven Critical Legal Studies (pages 524–542): John Henry SchlegelChapter Twenty?Eight The International Context: An Imperial Perspective on American Legal History (pages 543–561): Clara Altman