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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822767903321

Titolo

The history of Michigan law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Finkelman and Martin J. Hershock ; with a foreword by Clifford W. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8214-4202-3

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 290 p

Collana

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest

Altri autori (Persone)

FinkelmanPaul <1949->

HershockMartin J. <1962->

TaylorClifford W

Disciplina

349.77409

Soggetti

Law - Michigan - History

Michigan History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The northwest ordinance and Michigan's territorial heritage / David G. Chardavoyne -- Blood on the tracks : law, railroad accidents, the economy, and the Michigan frontier / Martin J. Hershock -- An occasionally dry state surrounded by water : temperance and prohibition in antebellum Michigan / John W. Quist -- A beacon of liberty on the Great Lakes : race, slavery, and the law in antebellum Michigan / Roy E. Finkenbine -- Deference to democracy : Thomas Cooley and his barnburning court / Paul D. Carrington -- The four Michigan Constitutions / Frank Ravitch -- Ruin and recovery : conservation and environmental law in Michigan / David Dempsey -- 170 years of a balancing act : a brief history of criminal justice in Michigan / Ronald J. Bretz -- The promise of equality and the limits of law : from the Civil War to World War II / Paul Finkelman -- "Methods of mysticism" and the industrial order : labor law in Michigan, 1868-1940 / Elizabeth Faue -- The Michigan Women's Commission and the struggle against sex discrimination in the 1970s / Liette Gidlow -- Legal education in Michigan / Byron D. Cooper.