Lone star law : a legal history of Texas /

An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920, Texas's law of property, families, and businesses, criminal law and tort law and the Texas legal profession.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ariens, Michael S., 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2011]
Series:American liberty & justice.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Creating Texas law, 1718-1864
  • Law and crises, 1865-1920
  • Land, oil, water, and sea : the law of Texas
  • The railroad and other corporations
  • Family law and cultural change
  • The legal profession, legal education, and the courts
  • Criminal law and civil rights
  • Civil procedure, civil remedies, and civil law.