Lone Star Law

by Ariens, Michael; Bakken, Gordon Morris

• ISBN13: 9780896726956
• ISBN10: 0896726959
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-15
• Publisher: Texas Tech Univ Pr

Summary

Michael Ariens proves that no state possesses a richer or more surprising legal history than Texas. In narrative as engaging as it is accessible, he has produced an overarching consideration of Lone Star law and legal culture--something notably missing in other Texas histories. After taking readers chronologically from early settlement through 1920, Ariens focuses on particular areas of Texas law, including property, family, business, criminal, and civil harms (tort), and on the history of Texas's legal profession itself. Through illuminating and utterly Texan particulars, Ariens helps us understand a place at once southern and western, Spanish and Mexican, republic and state.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Creating Texas Law, 1718-1864	p. 4
Law and Crises, 1865-1920	p. 36
Land, Oil, Water, and Sea: The Law of Texas	p. 71
The Railroad and Other Corporations	p. 113
Family Law and Cultural Change	p. 151
The Legal Profession, Legal Education, and the Courts	p. 181
Criminal Law and Civil Rights	p. 211
Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, and Civil Law	p. 248
Conclusion	p. 283
Notes	p. 285
Bibliography	p. 335
Index	p. 355
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