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020 _a9780199930982
082 0 0 _a349.73
_bWHI.L
100 1 _aWhite, G. Edward.
245 1 0 _aLaw in American history /
_cG. Edward White.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2012
300 _axii, 565 pages
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aContents 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
650 0 _aLaw
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
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