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Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas (American Liberty and Justice)
Michael Ariens
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Description for Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas (American Liberty and Justice)
Hardcover. "An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 987.
Michael Ariens proves that no state possesses a richer or more surprising legal history than Texas. In narrative as engaging as it is accessible, he has produced an overarching consideration of Lone Star law and legal culture—something notably missing in other Texas histories. After taking readers chronologically from early settlement through 1920, Ariens focuses on particular areas of Texas law, including property, family, business, criminal, and civil harms (tort), and on the history of Texas's legal profession itself. Through illuminating and utterly Texan particulars, Ariens helps us understand a place at once southern and western, Spanish and Mexican, republic and ... Read more
Michael Ariens proves that no state possesses a richer or more surprising legal history than Texas. In narrative as engaging as it is accessible, he has produced an overarching consideration of Lone Star law and legal culture—something notably missing in other Texas histories. After taking readers chronologically from early settlement through 1920, Ariens focuses on particular areas of Texas law, including property, family, business, criminal, and civil harms (tort), and on the history of Texas's legal profession itself. Through illuminating and utterly Texan particulars, Ariens helps us understand a place at once southern and western, Spanish and Mexican, republic and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
Series
American Liberty & Justice
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896726956
SKU
V9780896726956
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About Michael Ariens
Michael Ariens is professor of law at St. Mary's University of San Antonio, where he teaches courses in legal history, constitutional law, and the legal profession. Lone Star Law is an effort to provide a different lens for viewing the unique history of Texas.
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