Law in American History, Volume 1: From the Colonial Years Through the Civil War

by G. Edward White

Book Overview

In the first of the three volumes of his projected comprehensive narrative history of the role of law in America from the colonial years through the twentieth century, G. Edward White takes up the central themes of American legal history from the earliest European settlements through the Civil War.

Included in the coverage of this volume are the interactions between European and Amerindian legal systems in the years of colonial settlement;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102479
• ISBN13: 9780195102475
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"