Law in America: A Short History

by Lawrence M. Friedman

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Lawrence M. Friedman is Professor of Law at Stanford University and author of 23 books about law and legal history. Hailed as American law's greatest living historian, Friedman traces the evolution of America's legal system from the colonial period to the present. A Modern Library Chronicle, this book is concise, insightful, and graced with wit.… (more)

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The most interesting & deep book of American Law, help to understand from what are laws going/

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A survey of the reality of American law behind the day-to-day media and political hysteria. (

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Lawrence M. Friedman is Professor of Law at Stanford University and author of 23 books about law and legal history. Hailed as American law's greatest living historian, Friedman traces the evolution of America's legal system from the colonial period to the present. A Modern Library Chronicle, this book is concise, insightful, and graced with wit.

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De manière vivante et accessible , l'auteur s'attache à montrer comment l'évolution sociale aux États-Unis a entraînéet continue d'entraîner celle de la législation dans tous les domaines notamment ceux de la propriété privée , des contrats et de la famille . Ceux qui s'étonnent parfois du dynamisme de la culture juridique américaine trouveront dans ce cout ouvrage de nombreux éléments de réponse .

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