A History of the American Bar by Charles Warren

A History of the American Bar by Charles Warren

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In this 1912 edition of his 1911 history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Warren sets out a historical sketch of law and lawyers in America from the Revolutionary War until 1860. It will be useful to legal historians both British and American, and to anyone with an interest in the foundations of American legal institutions.

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A History of the American Bar by Charles Warren

In this 1912 edition of his 1911 history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Warren sets out a historical sketch of law and lawyers in America from the Revolutionary War until 1860. Warren also includes an overview of the state of the law in England in the 17th and 18th centuries by way of background, and a chapter especially devoted to the effect of the railway on the development of American law in the Victorian era. This book will be useful to legal historians both British and American, and to anyone with an interest in the foundations of American legal institutions.
CHARLES WARREN has taught English and Film at the New School and Harvard University, and currently teaches Film and Writing at Tufts University. He is coeditor of Jean-Luc Godard's Hail Mary (1993) and author of T. S. Eliot on Shakespeare (1987).
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ISBN 13 9781107668416
ISBN 10 1107668417
Title A History of the American Bar
Author Charles Warren
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2013-07-04
Number of pages 600
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.