Legal history

The power and influence of the federal judiciary has been widely discussed and understood.

The Rise of the Uncorporation covers the history, law, and finance of unincorporated firms.

It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day.

Throughout history, the American legal profession has tried to hold tight to its identity by retreating into its traditional values and structure during times of self-perceived crisis.

On April 16, 1972, ten thousand people gathered in Central Park to protest New York's liberal abortion law.

On April 16, 1972, ten thousand people gathered in Central Park to protest New York's liberal abortion law.

In this newly revised work, Michael Bowers presents an historical overview of constitutional development in the state of Nevada.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom.

The United States Circuit Courts of Appeals are among the most important governmental institutions in our society.

Habeas Corpus in Wartime unearths and presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in the Anglo-American legal tradition.

This book provides the first detailed history of the Constitution's treaty supremacy rule.

This book provides the first detailed history of the Constitution's treaty supremacy rule.

Judges, courts, and scholars in the United States agree that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, but there is much disagreement about its meaning.

The Virginia State Constitution examines constitutional amendments, court decisions, attorney general opinions, and legislative deliberations bearing on the development and interpretation of the Virginia Constitution.

The Virginia State Constitution examines constitutional amendments, court decisions, attorney general opinions, and legislative deliberations bearing on the development and interpretation of the Virginia Constitution.

Law has played a central role in American history.

The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth.

Throughout history, the American legal profession has tried to hold tight to its identity by retreating into its traditional values and structure during times of self-perceived crisis.

According to the Oral History Association, the term oral history refers to "e;a method of recording and preserving oral testimony"e; which results in a verbal document that is "e;made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public.

According to the Oral History Association, the term oral history refers to "e;a method of recording and preserving oral testimony"e; which results in a verbal document that is "e;made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public.

A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions.

Among the most prominent scholars of language and law is Peter Tiersma, a law professor at Loyola Law School with a doctorate in linguistics (co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law).

Two Victorian Era intellectual movements changed the course of American legal thought: Darwinian natural selection and marginalist economics.

The fundamental, inalienable rights and privileges set forth in the Bill of Rights represent the very foundations of American liberty.

In The Arizona State Constitution, John D.

The Washington State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter.

North Carolina's state constitution charts the evolution over two centuries of a modern representative democracy.

The Maine State Constitution traces the history of Maine's constitution from its statehood in 1820 to the present day, highlighting major trends and developments in constitutional revision and interpretation.

In The Mississippi State Constitution, John W.

McCulloch v.

Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption.

The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics.

John Marshall's landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v.

Americans hate and distrust their government.

For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life.

In Earl Warren, Christine Compston examines how a man with little judicial experience became one of the greatest Supreme Court chief justices in the history of the United States.

In Webster v.

Bollinger provides a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, finding these theories persuasive but inadequate.

Progressives who opposed the Trump administration's policies found themselves repeatedly relying on constitutional principles grounded in federalism, separation of powers, and free speech to resist the federal government.

Progressives who opposed the Trump administration's policies found themselves repeatedly relying on constitutional principles grounded in federalism, separation of powers, and free speech to resist the federal government.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

An innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those who lacked power and status in American society.

An innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those who lacked power and status in American society.

An account of a fundamental change in American legal thought, from a conception of law as something found in nature to one in which law is entirely a human creation.

An account of a fundamental change in American legal thought, from a conception of law as something found in nature to one in which law is entirely a human creation.

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S.

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S.