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Law and jurisprudence in American history : cases and materials / [edited] by Stephen B. Presser, Jamil S. Zainaldin. - 2nd ed. - St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1989. - liv, 1092 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - American casebook series .

Online version:
Presser, Stephen B., 1946-
Law and jurisprudence in American history.
St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1989
(OCoLC)755422538 Includes index.

Prologue: the English heritage --
The emergence of the theory of the popular will as the basis of law in the American Colonies: legal and constitutional perspectives on the American Revolution --
Federalism versus Republicanism in the courts: conceptions of national law --
Securing the Revolution of 1800 through common law --
Law and society in the mid-nineteenth century --
Competition and labor law in ante-bellum and late nineteenth century America --
Law and jurisprudence for the modern industrial age --
Private law present and future: towards a welfare state? --
The struggle for the soul of the legal academy --
Appendix: Constitution of the United States of America. TOC



ISBN: 0314535403 9780314535405

LCCN: 89033536

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--History.--United States
Law--Cases.--United States

LC Class. No.: KF352.A7 / L38 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 349.73 / PRL 1989