The Cambridge history of law in America. Volume 1, Early America (1580-1815) [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Grossberg, Christopher Tomlins.

Contributor Grossberg, Michael, editor.

ImprintCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Description1 online resource (xviii, 739 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Note:v. 1. Early America (1580--1815) -- Editor's preface -- 1. Law, colonization, legitimation and the European background / Anthony Pagden -- 2. The law of Native Americans to 1815 / Katherine A. Hermes -- 3. English settlement and local governance / Mary Sarah Bilder -- 4. Legal communications and imperial governance : British North America and Spanish America compared / Richard J. Ross -- 5. Regionalism in early American law / David Thomas Konig -- 6. Penality and the colonial project : crime, punishment and the regulation of morals in early America / Michael Meranze -- 7. Law, population, labor / Christopher Tomlins -- 8. The fragmented laws of slavery in the colonial and revolutionary eras / Sally E. Hadden -- 9. The transformation of domestic law / Holly Brewer -- 10. Law and religion in colonial America / Mark McGarvie and Elizabeth Mensch -- 11. he transformation of law and economy in early America / Bruce H. Mann -- 12. Law and commerce, 1580-1815 / Claire Priest -- 13. Law and the origins of the American Revolution / Jack P. Greene -- 14. Confederation and constitution / Jack N. Rakove -- 15. The consolidation of the early Federal system, 1791-1812 / Saul Cornell and Gerald Leonard -- 16. Magistrates, common law lawyers, legislators: the three legal systems of British America / James A. Henretta -- Bibliographic essays -- Notes on contributors -- Index.

Note:Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of Law in America begins the account of law in America with the very first moments of European colonization and settlement of the North American landmass. It follows those processes across two hundred years to the eventual creation and stabilization of the American republic. The book discusses the place of law in regard to colonization and empire, indigenous peoples, government and jurisdiction, population migrations, economic and commercial activity, religion, the creation of social institutions, and revolutionary politics. The Cambridge History of Law in America has been made possible by the generous support of the American Bar Foundation.

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