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Lone Star Law
Michael S. Ariens
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Description for Lone Star Law
Paperback. "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: 366 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 ... 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Series
American Liberty & Justice
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729797
SKU
V9780896729797
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About Michael S. Ariens
Michael Ariens is professor of law at St. Mary's University of SanAntonio, where he teaches courses in legal history, constitutional law, and the legal profession.
Reviews for Lone Star Law
Visitors to the ""Lone Star State"" quickly learn of its “Six Flags” history, as Texas was colonized by Spain and France, became a part of a Mexican state, then an independent republic, and finally part of the United States, with a brief interlude in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Michael Ariens’ masterful Lone Star Law: A Legal History of ... Read more