Bibliography of Early American Law

Bibliography of Early American Law
Author: Morris L. Cohen
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998
Genre: Law
ISBN:

An electronic version of the six-volume set, from which the introduction and other front-matter have been included for general-information consultation. Indexes have been supplanted by the searching capablities of Folio.

American Legal History

American Legal History
Author: Kermit L. Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Derecho
ISBN: 9780195097634

The second edition is updated and expanded, making this highly successful college textbook the authoritative text on its subject. New material encompasses recent developments in American constitutional and legal history, with special attention given to issues of death and dying, criminal justice, and the feminist critique of the law.

The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History

The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History
Author: John B. Nann
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0300235682

The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. This essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.

History of the Common Law

History of the Common Law
Author: John H. Langbein
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Total Pages: 1194
Release: 2009-08-14
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from European legal systems. The book contains both text and extracts from historical sources and literature. The book is published in color, and contains over 250 illustrations, many in color, including medieval illuminated manuscripts, paintings, books and manuscripts, caricatures, and photographs.

Law's Picture Books

Law's Picture Books
Author: Michael Widener
Publisher:
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2017
Genre: Illustrated books
ISBN: 9781616191603

Collecting Yale Law Library's picture books / Michael Widener -- Reflections on an exhibition / Mark S. Weiner -- Ars Memoria in early law : looking beneath the picture / Jolande Goldberg -- Law's picture books and the history of book illustration / Erin C. Blake -- Law's picture books: The Yale Law Library collection. Symbolizing the law -- Depicting the law -- Diagramming the law -- Calculating the law -- Staging the law -- Inflicting the law -- Arguing the law -- Teaching the law -- Laughing-and crying-at the law -- Beautifying the law