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The Cambridge History of Law in America: Volume 2

The Cambridge History of Law in America: Volume 2 The Long Nineteenth Century (1789-1920)

Author: Christopher Tomlins; Michael Grossberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521803069
Published In: April 2008
Format: Hardback
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Volume II of the Cambridge History of Law in America focuses on the 'long' nineteenth century, from the creation of the Republic to the immediate aftermath of the First World War - the century of continental expansion, urban growth, capitalist innovation, industrialization, and war. The crystallization and then, after the Civil War, the reinvention of a distinctly American state system is examined, as is the establishment and growth of systematic legal education, the spread of the legal profession, and the growing density of legal institutions.

During this century, law becomes a technique of first resort wherever a person, institution, or government seeks to organize human activity. In this volume we see how law intertwines with religion, how it becomes ingrained in popular culture, and how it intersects with the distinct worlds of the American military and of international relations. The Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the generous support of the American Bar Foundation.

Contents:: 1. Law and the American state, from the Revolution to the Civil War: institutional growth and structural change; Mark R. Wilson; 2. Legal education and legal thought, 1790-1920; Hugh C. MacGill and R. Kent Newmyer; 3. The legal profession: from the Revolution to the Civil War; Alfred S. Konefsky; 4. The courts, 1790-1920; Kermit L. Hall; 5. Criminal justice in the United States, 1790-1920: a government of laws or men?; Elizabeth Dale; 6. Citizenship and immigration law, 1800-1924: resolutions of membership and territory; Kunal M. Parker; 7. Federal policy, Western movement and consequences for indigenous people, 1790-1920; David E. Wilkins; 8. Marriage and domestic relations; Norma Basch; 9. Slavery, antislavery, and the coming of the Civil War; Ariela Gross; 10. Law, personhood and citizenship in the long nineteenth century: the borders of belonging; Barbara Young Welke; 11. Law in popular culture, 1790-1920: the people and the law; Nan Goodman; 12. Law and religion, 1790-1920; Sarah Barringer Gordon; 13. Legal innovation and market capitalism, 1790-1920; Tony A. Freyer; 14. Innovations in law and technology, 1790-1920; B. Zorina Khan; 15. The laws of industrial organization, 1870-1920; Karen Orren; 16. The military in American legal history; Jonathan Lurie; 17. The United States and international affairs, 1789-1919; Eileen P. Scully; 18. Politics, state building, and the courts, 1870-1920; William E. Forbath.