Law in American history. Volume 1, From the Colonial years through the Civil War / G. Edward White.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-538) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Colonial Years -- 2. Law and the Conditions of Agricultural Household Life, 1750-1800 -- 3. Law and the Founding of the American Republic I: Toward Independence and Republican Government -- 4. Law and the Founding of the American Republic II: From the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution -- 5. The Supreme Court Emerges -- 6. Law and Entrepreneurship, 1800-1850 -- 7. Law and the Dissolution of the Union I: The Political Parties, Congress, and Slavery -- 8. Law and the Dissolution of the Union II: Slavery, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court -- 9. The Civil War: Setting the Stage -- 10. The Civil War: Legal Issues -- Notes -- Index.

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; the crucial role of Anglo-American theories of sovereignty and imperial governance in facilitating the separation of the American colonies from the British.

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