Overview :Americanization of the Common Law remains one of the standard works on the transformation of law in America from the late colonial period to... Read More
Overview :In a remarkably fresh and historically grounded reinterpretation of the American Constitution, William Nelson argues that the fourteenth ame... Read More
Overview :The period between 1860 and 1920--inclusive of the Gilded Age and much of the Lochner era in legal history--is typically regarded as the hey... Read More
Overview :Based on a detailed examination of New York case law, this pathbreaking book shows how law, politics, and ideology in the state changed in t... Read More
Overview :On the surface, the case itself seems a minor one at best. William Marbury, a last-minute judicial appointee of outgoing Federalist presiden... Read More
Overview :In Pursuit of Right and Justice chronicles the life of the United States District Court's Judge Edward Weinfeld, from his humble Lower East ... Read More
Overview :Nelson identifies three principal institutions involved in conflict resolution: the twon meeting, the church congregation, and the courts of... Read More