Wisconsin and the shaping of American law /

"State laws affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives--our safety, personal relationships, and business dealings--but receive less scholarly attention than federal laws and courts. [The author] looks at how state laws have evolved and shaped American history, through the lens of the histori...

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主要作者: Ranney, Joseph A., 1952- (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
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書本目錄:
  • The law that came before
  • Law on the Frontier
  • A Jacksonian jurisprudence
  • Ropes of Sand : slavery and State Rights
  • Imperia in Imperiis : striking a balance of power in the Industrial Age
  • "Absolute common ground" : accommodating diversity in a growing State and Nation
  • Crying out for Man's hand : law and nature in an Instrumentalist Age
  • Breaking the Procrustean bed : The Progressive Era
  • Great public needs : the New Deal and the rise of labor
  • "Equal in all other respects" : accommodating diversity in the Twentieth Century
  • Better right than quick : nationalizing trends in State Law, 1940-1980
  • Law in the Age of Individualism.