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From Colony to Colonial Power - Episodes in American Legal History (Hardcover, New)
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From Colony to Colonial Power - Episodes in American Legal History (Hardcover, New)
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Description (3900 characters maximum): Clark, NJ: The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd., 2012. xxii, 363 pp. The noted historian and author
of Jefferson's Louisiana has collected a dozen essays that span
legal issues from the development of the United States from the
legal rights of colonists, to the Red Scare of 1920, issues
revolving around Sunday blue laws in Massachusetts in the 1950s to
the legal issues regarding the status of Puerto Rico. Author Bio
(3900 characters maximum): George Dargo 1935-2012] grew up in
Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Erasmus Hall High School and
Columbia College, he completed his Doctorate in the Department of
History at Columbia University and, later, earned his law degree at
Northeastern University. His previous books include Jefferson's
Louisiana, Roots of the Republic, Law in the New Republic, and A
History of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He was
a Professor of Law at New England LawBoston from 1983 until his
death. Volume: 1 Review 1 (3900 characters maximum): This book will
stand as a monument to an extraordinary historian. George Dargo was
one of those rare legal historians with both a PhD in History and a
JD in Law. The newly revised and edited essays in Colony to Empire
reflect the depth of his background in law and history and they
represent the work of an impressive life in scholarship. Few legal
historians could successfully write a book of such erudition
covering the colonial period to the present. Dargo's achievement is
breathtaking. Source: Kenneth S. Greenberg, Dean, Suffolk
University, College of Arts and Sciences Review 2 (3900 characters
maximum): Multiculturalism is a misapplied buzz-word today. For a
true understanding of its role and application, many of the
chapters in this book provide a useful corrective. Not only the
chapters on Louisiana, but the episodes devoted to the work of
Judge Calvert Magruder are particularly illuminating. This book
highlights the unique qualities and special contribution that Judge
Magruder personified. His broad vision and keen sensitivity enabled
him to see decades in advance the true meaning of multiculturalism
and how a great judge could advance that meaning in a
constitutional democracy. This book brings to life many of these
themes and qualities. Its broad reach and wide scope provide a
critical new perspective on the role of law in American history.
Source: Neil Hecht, Director, Institute of Jewish Law, Professor of
Law Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
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