In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the

A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable

Traces the evolution of law in America from the colonial period to the present.

Renowned legal historian Lawrence Friedman presents an accessible and authoritative history of American law from the colonial era to the present day. This fully

The fundamental rules, court cases, concepts and trends of each key subject in American law are presented in a narrative tailored to the reader without an Ameri