1 course guide (80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.)
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Modern scholar
GENERAL NOTES
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"14 lectures, 7 compact discs"--Container
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At head of container title: Recorded Books presents
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Compact discs
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Course guide includes bibliographical references
(CAST NOTE (PROJECTED AND VIDEO MATERIAL AND SOUND RECORDINGS
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Lectures delivered by Professor Lawrence Meir Friedman, Stanford University
CONTENTS NOTE
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Lecture 1. Introduction to the American legal system -- Lecture 2. The Colonial legal experience -- Lecture 3. Criminal justice in the Colonial period -- Lecture 4. Revolution and the new republic -- Lecture 5. Law and economic development in the 19th century -- Lecture 6. Black and white: slavery and its aftermath in the 19th century -- Lecture 7. The other Americans: natives and immigrants -- Lecture 8. Family law -- Lecture 9. Crime and punishment in the 19th century -- Lecture 10. Conflict and struggle: labor and social legislation -- Lecture 11. Crime and punishment in the 20th century -- Lecture 12. The rise of the welfare-regulatory state -- Lecture 13. Race relations, civil rights, and civil liberties in the 20th century -- Lecture 14. Culture, policy, and law in the late 20th century
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Friedman explores the history of the American legal system with its foundations in English common law to how the system has evolved through culture, race relations, economics, crime, and issues of equality. Also how the public and private perceptions of liberty have changed over time
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Criminal law-- History
Law-- Civil rights-- United States-- History
Law-- Domestic relations-- United States-- History
Law-- Emigration and Immigration-- United States-- History
Law-- Indians of North America-- United States-- History
Law-- Liberty-- United States-- History
Law-- Public welfare-- United States-- History
Law-- Slavery-- United States-- History
Law-- United States-- History
Law-- United States-- History-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775