Lone star law : a legal history of Texas / Michael Ariens ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
2011
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Author
Title
Lone star law : a legal history of Texas / Michael Ariens ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
Published
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KFT1278 .A75 2011
ISBN
9780896726956 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0896726959 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0896726959 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xiv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)724671478
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index.
Series
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Portion of Title
Legal history of Texas
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface
xiii
Introduction
1
One.
Creating Texas Law, 1718-1864
4
Two.
Law and Crises, 1865-1920
36
Three.
Land, Oil, Water, and Sea: The Law of Texas
71
Four.
The Railroad and Other Corporations
113
Five.
Family Law and Cultural Change
151
Six.
The Legal Profession, Legal Education, and the Courts
181
Seven.
Criminal Law and Civil Rights
211
Eight.
Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, and Civil Law
248
Conclusion
283
Notes
285
Bibliography
335
Index
355