It deals with the formation and development of the American
state system, the establishment and growth of systematic legal
education, the spread of the legal profession, the growing
density of legal institutions and their interaction with
political and social action, and the development of the modern
criminal justice system. We also see how law intertwines with
religion, how it becomes ingrained in popular culture, and how
it intersects with the worlds of the American military and of
international relations. More on the project as a whole and
information about Volume 1 is here. There is a preview chapter
for Volume 1, but not for Volume 2. Contents, Volume 2 1. Law
and the American state, from the Revolution to the Civil War:
institutional growth and structural change Mark R. Wilson 2.
Legal education and legal thought, 1790–1920 Hugh C. MacGill and
R. Kent Newmyer 3. The legal profession: from the Revolution to
the Civil War Alfred S. Konefsky 4. The courts, 1790–1920 Kermit
L. Hall 5. Criminal justice in th