American Comparative Law: A History – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780195369922, 0195369920, 9780197653500, 0197653502

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0197653502
• ISBN-13: 9780197653500
• Author: David S. Clark

This book details both the intellectual and social history of American legal rules, institutions, ideology, and culture that had a foreign component, either by import or after 1900 also by export from the United States to other legal systems. Combining legal history and comparative law, the volume proceeds chronologically through seven historical periods. These begin with the religious and cultural diversity that existed in the 13 British colonies and its relevance for legal development, especially involving Roman and natural law.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Legal History and Comparative Law
Chapter 2: British Colonization in North America
Chapter 3: Legal Foundation for the New Republic: 1776 to 1791
Chapter 4: The Formative Era: 1791-1865
Chapter 5: Historical Jurisprudence and Learned Law: 1865-1900
Chapter 6: The Modern Development: 1900-1945
Chapter 7: Postwar Legal Transplants and Growth of the Academic Discipline: 1945-1990
Chapter 8: Between Globalization and Nationalism: A History of the Future after 1990

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