American legal history : (Record no. 6556)

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National bibliography number GBB381753
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International Standard Book Number 9780199766000
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International Standard Book Number 0199766002
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Classification number 349.73
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Classification number 349.73
Item number W584a
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name White, G. Edward,
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title American legal history :
Remainder of title a very short introduction /
Statement of responsibility, etc. G. Edward White.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Oxford :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Oxford University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2013.
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Extent xvii. 149 pages
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Series statement Very short introductions
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted contents note List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The legal history of Indian tribes -- Chapter 2: Law and African-American slavery -- Chapter 3: Rights of property and their regulation -- Chapter 4: Law and entrepreneurship -- Chapter 5: Criminal law and the treatment of criminals -- Chapter 6: Law and domestic relations -- Chapter 7: Civil injuries and the law of torts -- Chapter 8: Legal education and the legal profession -- References -- Further reading -- Index.
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Summary, etc. "Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that society, though not always in positive ways. In this Very Short Introduction, eminent legal scholar G. Edward White-author of the ongoing, multi-volume Law in American History-offers a compact overview that sheds light on the impact of law on a number of key social issues. Rather than offer a straight chronological history, the book instead traces important threads woven throughout our nation's past, looking at how law shaped Native American affairs, slavery, business, and home life, as well as how it has dealt with criminal and civil offenses. White shows that law has not always been used to exemplary ends. For instance, a series of decisions by the Marshall court essentially marginalized Amerindians, indigenous people of the Americas, reducing tribes to wards of the government. Likewise, law initially legitimated slavery in the United States, and legal institutions, including the Supreme Court, failed to resolve the tensions stirred up by the westward expansion of slavery, eventually sparking the Civil War. White also looks at the expansion of laws regarding property rights, which were vitally important to the colonists, many of whom left Europe hoping to become land owners; the evolution of criminal punishment from a public display (the stocks, the gallows) to a private prison system; the rise of tort law after the Civil War; and the progress in legal education, moving from informal apprenticeships and lax standards to modern law schools and rigorous bar exams. In this illuminating look at the pivotal role of law in American life, White offers us an excellent first step to a better appreciation of the function of law in our society. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable"--
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Law
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Law.
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Geographic name United States.
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Genre/form data or focus term History.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 07/20/2020 12.00   349.73 W584A 51994001692815 1 Books