American Legal History: Cases and Materials - Softcover

"I find it to be an excellent source book for a student's first experience with [Legal History] material."--Ronald W. Eades, School of Law, University of Louisville "A superb collection--my favorite since it was first published."--Joan Friedman, Colgate University "An exemplary collection of cases and materials covering the spectrum of America's rich legal history."--Thomas C. Mackey, University of Louisville "This book pulls together what I have been lecturing about."--Joe N. Cagle, Gaston College "This is an excellent collection of the most important documents in American legal history."--Dr. Robert W. Langran, Villanova University "I find it to be an excellent source book for a student's first experience with [Legal History] material."--Ronald W. Eades, School of Law, University of Louisville "A superb collection--my favorite since it was first published."--Joan Friedman, Colgate University "An exemplary collection of cases and materials covering the spectrum of America's rich legal history."--Thomas C. Mackey, University of Louisville "This book pulls together what I have been lecturing about."--Joe N. Cagle, Gaston College "This is an excellent collection of the most important documents in American legal history."--Dr. Robert W. Langran, Villanova University "I find it to be an excellent source book for a student's first experience with [Legal History] material."--Ronald W. Eades, School of Law, University of Louisville "A superb collection--my favorite since it was first published."--Joan Friedman, Colgate University "An exemplary collection of cases and materials covering the spectrum of America's rich legal history."--Thomas C. Mackey, University of Louisville "This book pulls together what I have been lecturing about."--Joe N. Cagle, Gaston College "This is an excellent collection of the most important documents in American legal history."--Dr. Robert W. Langran, Villanova University "I find it to be an excellent source book for a student's first experience with [Legal History] material."--Ronald W. Eades, School of Law, University of Louisville "A superb collection--my favorite since it was first published."--Joan Friedman, Colgate University "An exemplary collection of cases and materials covering the spectrum of America's rich legal history."--Thomas C. Mackey, University of Louisville "This book pulls together what I have been lecturing about."--Joe N. Cagle, Gaston College "This is an excellent collection of the most important documents in American legal history."--Dr. Robert W. Langran, Villanova University

The second edition is updated and expanded, making this highly successful college textbook the authoritative text on its subject. New material encompasses recent developments in American constitutional and legal history, with special attention given to issues of death and dying, criminal justice, and the feminist critique of the law.