A History of American Law

Inthisbrilliantandimmenselyreadablebook,LawrenceM.FriedmantellsthewholefascinatingstoryofAmericanlawfromitsbeginningsinthecoloniestothepresentday.Byshowinghowclosethelifeofthelawistotheeconomicandpoliticallifeofthecountry,hemakesacomplexsubjectunderstandableandengrossing.AHistoryofAmericanLawpresentstheachievementsandfailuresoftheAmericanlegalsysteminthecontextofAmerica'scommercialandworkingworld,familypractices,andattitudestowardproperty,government,crime,andjustice.Nowcompletelyrevisedandupdated,thisgroundbreakingworkincorporatesnewmaterialregardingslavery,criminaljustice,andtwentieth-centurylaw.Forlaymenandstudentsalike,thisremainstheonlycomprehensiveauthoritativehistoryofAmericanlaw.