Prologue Part I: The Beginnings: American Law in the Colonial Period Part II: From the Revolution to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century:1776-1850 Chapter 1 The Republic of Bees Chapter 2 Outposts of the Law: The Frontier and the Civil Law Fringe Chapter 3 Law and the Economy: 1776-1850 Chapter 4 The Law of Personal Status: Wives, Paupers, and Slaves Chapter 5 An American Law of Property Chapter 6 The Law of Commerce and Trade Chapter 7 Crime and Punishment: And a Footnote on Tort Chapter 8 The Bar and Its Works Part III: American Law to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 1 Blood and Gold: Some Main Themes in the Law in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 2 Judges and Courts: 1850-1900 Chapter 3 Procedure and Practice: An Age of Reform Chapter 4 The Land and Other Property Chapter 5 Administrative Law and Regulation of Business Chapter 6 Torts Chapter 7 The Underdogs: 1850-1900 Chapter 8 The Law of Corporations Chapter 9 Commerce, Labor, and Taxation Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment Chapter 11 The Legal Profession: The Training and Literature of Law Chapter 12 The Legal Profession: At Work Part IV: The Twentieth Century Chapter 1 Leviathan Comes of Age Chapter 2 The Growth of the Law Chapter 3 Internal Legal Culture in the Twentieth Century: Lawyers, Judges, and Law Books Chapter 4 Regulation, Welfare, and the Rise of Environmental Law Chapter 5 Crime and Punishment in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6 Family Law in the Twentieth Century Epilogue A Final Word Bibliographical Essay Index.