Lone star law
Subtitle: a legal history of Texas
By: Michael Ariens ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken
Series: American liberty & justice; American liberty & justice
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780896726956
Subjects: Law; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-354) and index.
Table of contents: title: Creating Texas Law, 1718-1864; title: Law and Crises, 1865-1920; title: Land, Oil, Water, and Sea : the Law of Texas; title: The Railroad and Other Corporations; title: Family Law and Cultural Change; title: The Legal Profession, Legal Education, and the Courts; title: Criminal Law and Civil Rights; title: Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, and Civil Law.