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Volume I of the Cambridge History of Law in America begins the account of law in America with the very first moments of European colonization and settlement of the North American landmass. It follows those processes across two hundred years to the eventual creation and stabilization of the American republic. The book discusses the place of law in regard to colonization and empire, indigenous peoples, government and jurisdiction, population migrations, economic and commercial activity, religion, the creation of social institutions, and revolutionary politics.
Law --- History. --- History --- Law - United States - History --- Droit --- États-Unis --- 1500-1800 --- 19e siècle --- 20e siècle --- 21e siècle
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America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. In this groundbreaking reinterpretation of penal history, Rebecca McLennan covers the periods of deep instability, popular protest, and political crisis that characterized early American prisons. She details the debates surrounding prison reform, including the limits of state power, the influence of market forces, the role of unfree labor, and the 'just deserts' of wrongdoers. McLennan also explores the system that existed between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, where private companies relied on prisoners for labor. Finally, she discusses the rehabilitation model that has primarily characterized the penal system in the twentieth century. Unearthing fresh evidence from prison and state archives, McLennan shows how, in each of three distinct periods of crisis, widespread dissent culminated in the dismantling of old systems of imprisonment.
Protest movements --- Convict labor --- Imprisonment --- Punishment --- Criminal law --- Labor movement --- History --- United States --- Politics and government --- History. --- Politics and government. --- Arts and Humanities --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal procedure --- Confinement --- Incarceration --- Corrections --- Detention of persons --- Prison-industrial complex --- Prisons --- School-to-prison pipeline --- Lease system --- Prison labor --- Forced labor --- Prisoners --- Social movements --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Protest movements - United States - History --- Convict labor - United States - History --- Imprisonment - United States - History --- Punishment - United States - History --- Criminal law - United States - History --- Labor movement - United States - History --- United States - Politics and government
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