Common law, history, and democracy in America, 1790-1900 : legal thought before modernism / Kunal M. Parker.

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Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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1st edition

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78504

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Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.

Subject:

Common law -- United States -- History.

Justice, Administration of -- History.

Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.

United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The creation of times : custom and history in the British background

3. Time as consent : common law thought after the American revolution

4. Time as spirit : common law thought in the early nineteenth century

5. Time as law : common law thought in the mid-nineteenth century

6. Time as life : comon law thought in the late nineteenth century

7. Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780521519953

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xi, 305 p. ; 24 cm