The history of Michigan law
By: edited by Paul Finkelman and Martin J. Hershock ; with a foreword by Clifford W. Taylor.
Contributors: Finkelman, Paul, 1949-; Hershock, Martin J., 1962-; Taylor, Clifford W.
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780821416617
Subjects: Law -- Michigan -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The northwest ordinance and Michigan's territorial heritage / David G. Chardavoyne; title: Blood on the tracks : law, railroad accidents, the economy, and the Michigan frontier / Martin J. Hershock; title: An occasionally dry state surrounded by water : temperance and prohibition in antebellum Michigan / John W. Quist; title: A beacon of liberty on the Great Lakes : race, slavery, and the law in antebellum Michigan / Roy E. Finkenbine; title: Deference to democracy : Thomas Cooley and his barnburning court / Paul D. Carrington; title: The four Michigan Constitutions / Frank Ravitch; title: Ruin and recovery : conservation and environmental law in Michigan / David Dempsey; title: 170 years of a balancing act : a brief history of criminal justice in Michigan / Ronald J. Bretz; title: The promise of equality and the limits of law : from the Civil War to World War II / Paul Finkelman; title: "Methods of mysticism" and the industrial order : labor law in Michigan, 1868-1940 / Elizabeth Faue; title: The Michigan Women's Commission and the struggle against sex discrimination in the 1970s / Liette Gidlow; title: Legal education in Michigan / Byron D. Cooper.