Article
The Changing Landscape of 19th Century Courts
Reviews in American History
(2018)
Abstract
Book Review of:
Amalia D. Kessler. Inventing American Exceptionalism: The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800–1877. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 449 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.
Keywords
- court systems,
- equity courts,
- chancery court,
- Field Code of 1848,
- Freedmen's Bureau
Disciplines
- Law,
- Courts and
- Legal History
Publication Date
September, 2018
DOI
10.1353/rah.2018.0065
Citation Information
Nancy S. Marder. "The Changing Landscape of 19th Century Courts" Reviews in American History Vol. 46 Iss. 3 (2018) p. 433 - 437 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nancy_marder/75/