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A merican Legal History: A Very Short Introduction VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts and have been translated into more than 40 different languages. The series began in 1995 and now covers a wide variety of topics in every discipline. The VSI library contains nearly 400 volumes—a Very Short Introduction to everything from Indian philosophy to psychology and American history— and continues to grow in every subject area. V ery Short Introductions available now: ADVERTISING Winston Fletcher ANGELS David Albert Jones AFRICAN HISTORY John Parker ANGLICANISM Mark Chapman and Richard Rathbone THE ANGLO - S AXON AGE AFRICAN RELIGIONS John Blair Jacob K. Olupona THE ANIMAL A GNOSTICISM KINGDOM Peter Holland Robin Le Poidevin A NIMAL RIGHTS AMERICAN HISTORY David DeGrazia Paul S. Boyer THE ANTARCTIC Klaus Dodds AMERICAN IMMIGRATION A NTISEMITISM Steven Beller David A. Gerber ANXIETY Daniel Freeman A MERICAN LEGAL and Jason Freeman HISTORY G. Edward White THE APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS AMERICAN POLITICAL Paul Foster PARTIES AND ELECTIONS A RCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn L. Sandy Maisel ARCHITECTURE A MERICAN POLITICS Andrew Ballantyne Richard M. Valelly A RISTOCRACY William Doyle THE AMERICAN A RISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes PRESIDENCY Charles O. Jones A RT HISTORY Dana Arnold ANAESTHESIA Aidan O’Donnell ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland ANARCHISM Colin Ward ASTROBIOLOGY David C. Catling ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw ATHEISM Julian Baggini ANCIENT GREECE AUGUSTINE Henry Chadwick Paul Cartledge A USTRALIA Kenneth Morgan T HE ANCIENT NEAR AUTISM Uta Frith EAST Amanda H. Podany T HE AVANT GARDE A NCIENT PHILOSOPHY David Cottington Julia Annas THE AZTECS Davíd Carrasco A NCIENT WARFARE BACTERIA Sebastian G. B. Amyes Harry Sidebottom BARTHES Jonathan Culler THE BEATS David Sterritt CIVIL ENGINEERING BEAUTY Roger Scruton David Muir Wood BESTSELLERS John Sutherland CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY T HE BIBLE John Riches Helen Morales BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY CLASSICS Mary Beard Eric H. Cline and John Henderson B IOGRAPHY Hermione Lee CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard THE BLUES Elijah Wald CLIMATE Mark Maslin T HE BOOK OF MORMON THE COLD WAR Terryl Givens Robert McMahon BORDERS Alexander C. Diener COLONIAL AMERICA and Joshua Hagen Alan Taylor T HE BRAIN Michael O’Shea COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN THE BRITISH LITERATURE Rolena Adorno CONSTITUTION COMEDY Matthew Bevis Martin Loughlin COMMUNISM Leslie Holmes THE BRITISH EMPIRE THE COMPUTER Darrel Ince Ashley Jackson THE CONQUISTADORS B RITISH POLITICS Matthew Restall and Anthony Wright Felipe Fernández-Armesto B UDDHA Michael Carrithers CONSCIENCE Paul Strohm BUDDHISM Damien Keown CONSCIOUSNESS BUDDHIST ETHICS Susan Blackmore Damien Keown CONTEMPORARY ART C ANCER Nicholas James Julian Stallabrass C APITALISM James Fulcher CONTEMPORARY CATHOLICISM Gerald O’Collins FICTION Robert Eaglestone CAUSATION Stephen Mumford CONTINENTAL and Rani Lill Anjum PHILOSOPHY T HE CELL Terence Allen and Simon Critchley Graham Cowling COSMOLOGY Peter Coles T HE CELTS Barry Cunliffe CRITICAL THEORY C HAOS Leonard Smith Stephen Eric Bronner CHILDREN’S LITERATURE THE CRUSADES Kimberley Reynolds Christopher Tyerman C HINESE LITERATURE CRYPTOGRAPHY Fred Piper Sabina Knight and Sean Murphy C HOICE THEORY THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION Michael Allingham Richard Curt Kraus C HRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson DADA AND SURREALISM CHRISTIAN ETHICS David Hopkins D. Stephen Long DARWIN Jonathan Howard C HRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS C ITIZENSHIP Richard Bellamy Timothy Lim DEMOCRACY Bernard Crick E VOLUTION Brian and DERRIDA Simon Glendinning Deborah Charlesworth DESCARTES Tom Sorell EXISTENTIALISM Thomas Flynn DESERTS Nick Middleton F ASCISM Kevin Passmore DESIGN John Heskett FASHION Rebecca Arnold DEVELOPMENTAL FEMINISM Margaret Walters BIOLOGY Lewis Wolpert FILM Michael Wood T HE DEVIL Darren Oldridge FILM MUSIC Kathryn Kalinak DIASPORA Kevin Kenny THE FIRST WORLD WAR DICTIONARIES Michael Howard Lynda Mugglestone FOLK MUSIC Mark Slobin DINOSAURS David Norman FOOD John Krebs DIPLOMACY Joseph M. Siracusa FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY DOCUMENTARY FILM David Canter Patricia Aufderheide F ORENSIC SCIENCE D REAMING J. Allan Hobson Jim Fraser DRUGS Leslie Iversen F OSSILS Keith Thomson DRUIDS Barry Cunliffe FOUCAULT Gary Gutting EARLY MUSIC FRACTALS Kenneth Falconer Thomas Forrest Kelly F REE SPEECH Nigel Warburton THE EARTH Martin Redfern FREE WILL Thomas Pink ECONOMICS Partha Dasgupta FRENCH LITERATURE EDUCATION Gary Thomas John D. Lyons E GYPTIAN MYTH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Geraldine Pinch William Doyle E IGHTEENTH - CENTURY FREUD Anthony Storr BRITAIN Paul Langford FUNDAMENTALISM THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball Malise Ruthven EMOTION Dylan Evans G ALAXIES John Gribbin E MPIRE Stephen Howe G ALILEO Stillman Drake E NGELS Terrell Carver G AME THEORY Ken Binmore E NGINEERING David Blockley G ANDHI Bhikhu Parekh ENGLISH LITERATURE GENIUS Andrew Robinson Jonathan Bate GEOGRAPHY John Matthews E NTREPRENEURSHIP and David Herbert Paul Westhead and Mike Wright GEOPOLITICS Klaus Dodds ENVIRONMENTAL GERMAN LITERATURE ECONOMICS Stephen Smith Nicholas Boyle EPIDEMIOLOGY Rodolfo Saracci GERMAN PHILOSOPHY E THICS Simon Blackburn Andrew Bowie ETHNOMUSICOLOGY GLOBAL CATASTROPHES Timothy Rice Bill McGuire THE EUROPEAN UNION G LOBAL ECONOMIC John Pinder and Simon Usherwood HISTORY Robert C. Allen GLOBAL WARMING INTERNATIONAL Mark Maslin MIGRATION Khalid Koser G LOBALIZATION INTERNATIONAL Manfred Steger RELATIONS Paul Wilkinson T HE GOTHIC Nick Groom INTERNATIONAL SECURITY G OVERNANCE Mark Bevir Christopher S. Browning T HE GREAT DEPRESSION ISLAM Malise Ruthven AND THE NEW DEAL ISLAMIC HISTORY Eric Rauchway Adam Silverstein H ABERMAS ITALIAN LITERATURE James Gordon Finlayson Peter Hainsworth HAPPINESS Daniel M. Haybron and David Robey H EGEL Peter Singer JESUS Richard Bauckham H EIDEGGER Michael Inwood JOURNALISM Ian Hargreaves H ERODOTUS Jennifer T. Roberts JUDAISM Norman Solomon HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson JUNG Anthony Stevens HINDUISM Kim Knott KABBALAH Joseph Dan HISTORY John H. Arnold KAFKA Ritchie Robertson T HE HISTORY OF KANT Roger Scruton ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin KEYNES Robert Skidelsky THE HISTORY OF LIFE KIERKEGAARD Michael Benton Patrick Gardiner T HE HISTORY OF THE KORAN Michael Cook MATHEMATICS LANDSCAPES AND Jacqueline Stedall GEOMORPHOLOGY THE HISTORY OF Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles MEDICINE William Bynum LANGUAGES Stephen R. Anderson THE HISTORY OF LATE ANTIQUITY Gillian Clark TIME Leofranc Holford - S trevens LAW Raymond Wacks H IV/AIDS Alan Whiteside THE LAWS OF HOBBES Richard Tuck THERMODYNAMICS HUMAN EVOLUTION Peter Atkins Bernard Wood LEADERSHIP Keith Grint H UMAN RIGHTS LINCOLN Allen C. Guelzo Andrew Clapham LINGUISTICS Peter Matthews H UMANISM Stephen Law LITERARY THEORY HUME A. J. Ayer Jonathan Culler IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden LOCKE John Dunn INDIAN PHILOSOPHY LOGIC Graham Priest Sue Hamilton MACHIAVELLI Quentin Skinner I NFORMATION Luciano Floridi MADNESS Andrew Scull INNOVATION Mark Dodgson MAGIC Owen Davies and David Gann MAGNA CARTA I NTELLIGENCE Ian J. Deary Nicholas Vincent MAGNETISM Stephen Blundell MUSIC Nicholas Cook M ALTHUS Donald Winch MYTH Robert A. Segal M ANAGEMENT John Hendry T HE NAPOLEONIC M AO Delia Davin WARS Mike Rapport MARINE BIOLOGY NATIONALISM Steven Grosby Philip V. Mladenov NELSON MANDELA THE MARQUIS DE SADE Elleke Boehmer John Phillips NEOLIBERALISM Manfred Steger M ARTIN LUTHER and Ravi Roy Scott H. Hendrix NETWORKS Guido Caldarelli and M ARTYRDOM Jolyon Mitchell Michele Catanzaro MARX Peter Singer T HE NEW TESTAMENT M ATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers Luke Timothy Johnson THE MEANING OF LIFE THE NEW TESTAMENT AS Terry Eagleton LITERATURE Kyle Keefer M EDICAL ETHICS Tony Hope NEWTON Robert Iliffe M EDICAL LAW Charles Foster NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner MEDIEVAL BRITAIN NINETEENTH - C ENTURY John Gillingham and BRITAIN Christopher Harvie Ralph A. Griffiths and H. C. G. Matthew MEMORY Jonathan K. Foster THE NORMAN CONQUEST METAPHYSICS Stephen Mumford George Garnett MICHAEL FARADAY N ORTH AMERICAN Frank A.J.L. James INDIANS Theda Perdue and M ODERN ART David Cottington Michael D. Green MODERN CHINA Rana Mitter NORTHERN IRELAND M ODERN FRANCE Marc Mulholland Vanessa R. Schwartz NOTHING Frank Close M ODERN IRELAND Senia Pašeta NUCLEAR POWER M ODERN JAPAN Christopher Maxwell Irvine Goto-Jones NUCLEAR WEAPONS M ODERN LATIN Joseph M. Siracusa AMERICAN LITERATURE NUMBERS Peter M. Higgins Roberto González Echevarría OBJECTIVITY Stephen Gaukroger M ODERN WAR Richard English THE OLD TESTAMENT MODERNISM Christopher Butler Michael D. Coogan MOLECULES Philip Ball THE ORCHESTRA THE MONGOLS Morris Rossabi D. Kern Holoman MORMONISM ORGANIZATIONS Mary Jo Hatch Richard Lyman Bushman PAGANISM Owen Davies M UHAMMAD THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI Jonathan A.C. Brown CONFLICT Martin Bunton M ULTICULTURALISM PARTICLE PHYSICS Frank Close Ali Rattansi PAUL E. P. Sanders PENTECOSTALISM THE REAGAN REVOLUTION William K. Kay Gil Troy THE PERIODIC TABLE R EALITY Jan Westerhoff Eric R. Scerri THE REFORMATION PHILOSOPHY Edward Craig Peter Marshall P HILOSOPHY OF LAW RELATIVITY Russell Stannard Raymond Wacks RELIGION IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AMERICA Timothy Beal Samir Okasha THE RENAISSANCE P HOTOGRAPHY Steve Edwards Jerry Brotton PLAGUE Paul Slack RENAISSANCE ART P LANETS David A. Rothery Geraldine A. Johnson PLANTS Timothy Walker RHETORIC Richard Toye PLATO Julia Annas RISK Baruch Fischhoff POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and John Kadvany David Miller RIVERS Nick Middleton P OLITICS Kenneth Minogue ROBOTICS Alan Winfield POSTCOLONIALISM ROMAN BRITAIN Peter Salway Robert Young THE ROMAN EMPIRE POSTMODERNISM Christopher Kelly Christopher Butler THE ROMAN REPUBLIC P OSTSTRUCTURALISM David M. Gwynn Catherine Belsey ROMANTICISM P REHISTORY Chris Gosden Michael Ferber PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY ROUSSEAU Robert Wokler Catherine Osborne RUSSELL A. C. Grayling PRIVACY Raymond Wacks RUSSIAN HISTORY PROBABILITY John Haigh Geoffrey Hosking PROGRESSIVISM RUSSIAN LITERATURE Walter Nugent Catriona Kelly PROTESTANTISM THE RUSSIAN Mark A. Noll REVOLUTION S. A. Smith PSYCHIATRY Tom Burns SCHIZOPHRENIA Chris Frith P SYCHOLOGY Gillian Butler and Eve Johnstone and Freda McManus SCHOPENHAUER PURITANISM Francis J. Bremer Christopher Janaway T HE QUAKERS SCIENCE AND Pink Dandelion RELIGION Thomas Dixon QUANTUM THEORY SCIENCE FICTION David Seed John Polkinghorne THE SCIENTIFIC R ACISM Ali Rattansi REVOLUTION R ADIOACTIVITY Lawrence M. Principe Claudio Tuniz SCOTLAND Rab Houston R ASTAFARI Ennis B. Edmonds SEXUALITY Véronique Mottier SHAKESPEARE Germaine Greer THOUGHT Tim Bayne S IKHISM Eleanor Nesbitt TIBETAN BUDDHISM THE SILK ROAD James A. Millward Matthew T. Kapstein SLEEP Steven W. Lockley T OCQUEVILLE and Russell G. Foster Harvey C. Mansfield S OCIAL AND CULTURAL TRAGEDY Adrian Poole ANTHROPOLOGY T HE TROJAN WAR John Monaghan and Peter Just Eric H. Cline SOCIALISM Michael Newman TRUST Katherine Hawley SOCIOLINGUISTICS THE TUDORS John Guy John Edwards T WENTIETH - C ENTURY SOCIOLOGY Steve Bruce BRITAIN Kenneth O. Morgan S OCRATES C. C. W. Taylor THE UNITED NATIONS T HE SOVIET UNION Jussi M. Hanhimäki Stephen Lovell T HE U.S. CONGRESS THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR Donald A. Ritchie Helen Graham T HE U.S. SUPREME SPANISH LITERATURE COURT Linda Greenhouse Jo Labanyi UTOPIANISM SPINOZA Roger Scruton Lyman Tower Sargent SPIRITUALITY Philip Sheldrake THE VIKINGS Julian Richards S TARS Andrew King VIRUSES Dorothy H. Crawford S TATISTICS David J. Hand WITCHCRAFT Malcolm Gaskill STEM CELLS Jonathan Slack WITTGENSTEIN A. C. Grayling STUART BRITAIN John Morrill WORK Stephen Fineman SUPERCONDUCTIVITY WORLD MUSIC Philip Bohlman Stephen Blundell THE WORLD TRADE SYMMETRY Ian Stewart ORGANIZATION T ERRORISM Charles Townshend Amrita Narlikar THEOLOGY David F. Ford WRITING AND SCRIPT T HOMAS AQUINAS Fergus Kerr Andrew Robinson A vailable soon: Black Holes Family Law Katherine Blundell Jonathan Herring Humour Noel Carroll The Ice Age Jamie Woodward Revolutions Jack A. Goldstone For more information visit our web site w ww.oup.co.uk/general/vsi/ G . Edward White American Legal History A Very Short Introduction 1
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