The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 (Apr 24, 1977)
Morton Horwitz. Published 1977. Order online through The Harvard University Press. ISBN: 9-780-6749-0371-5. In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how …