Lone star law : a legal history of Texas / Michael Ariens ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American liberty & justicePublication details: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, Description: xiv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780896726956
  • 0896726959
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 349.764 23
LOC classification:
  • KFT1278 .A75 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Creating Texas Law, 1718-1864 -- Law and Crises, 1865-1920 -- Land, Oil, Water, and Sea : the Law of Texas -- The Railroad and Other Corporations -- Family Law and Cultural Change -- The Legal Profession, Legal Education, and the Courts -- Criminal Law and Civil Rights -- Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, and Civil Law.
Summary: "An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher.
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"An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index.

Creating Texas Law, 1718-1864 -- Law and Crises, 1865-1920 -- Land, Oil, Water, and Sea : the Law of Texas -- The Railroad and Other Corporations -- Family Law and Cultural Change -- The Legal Profession, Legal Education, and the Courts -- Criminal Law and Civil Rights -- Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, and Civil Law.

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