| Description |
xiii, 264 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Where the law comes from : the courts and the making of society -- John Slade's other harvest : common law, contract, and the American republic -- Sedition and the jury in London and New York -- American independence and the crisis of sovereignty -- Inferences and continuities -- Some problems of a colonial attorney general in a multicultural society -- Bicameralism and republican government in the British American colonies and in the United States -- The individual, the region, the nation : where three roads meet -- Nation-making and the American constitutional process -- The performance of representative institutions, 1776-1876 : ideology, estates, and interests |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Law -- England -- History.
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Law -- United States -- History.
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| LC no. |
2009021510 |
| ISBN |
9780813928616 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0813928613 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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