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1、thecambridgehistoryoflawinamericavolumeiEarlyAmerica(1580–1815)LawstandsatthecenterofmodernAmericanlife.Sincethe1950s,Americanhis-torianshaveproducedanextraordinarilyrichanddiverseliteraturethathasvastlyexpandedourknowledgeofthisfamiliarandvitalyetcomplexandmultifacetedphenomenon.
2、Butfewattemptshavebeenmadetotakefullaccountoflaw’sAmer-icanhistory.TheCambridgeHistoryofLawinAmericahasbeendesignedforjustthispurpose.InthreevolumesweputondisplayalltheintellectualvitalityandvarietyofcontemporaryAmericanlegalhistory.Wepresentascomprehensiveandauthoritativeanaccoun
3、taspossibleofthepresentunderstandingandrangeofinterpretationofthehistoryofAmericanlaw.Wesuggestwherefutureresearchmaylead.Americanlegalhistoryhaslongtreatedtheeraofthefoundingoftherepublicandtheearlynineteenthcenturyasitsproperpointofdeparture.VolumeIofthisHistorydisputesthattende
4、ncy,beginningouraccountoflawinAmericawiththeveryfirstmomentsofEnglishcolonizationandsettlementoftheNorthAmeri-canlandmass.Itfollowsthoseprocessesacross200yearstotheeventualcreationandstabilizationoftheAmericanrepublic.Colonization,thefateoftheseaboard’sindigenouspeoples,thecreation
5、ofstructuresofjurisdictionandgovernance,pat-ternsofimperialcommunication,themigration(voluntaryandinvoluntary)ofpeoplesandthedisciplinestowhichtheyweresubject,theconstructionofessen-tialsocialcategoriesandinstitutions(families,laborforces,plantations,slavery),economicandcommercial
6、activity,religion,thestrainsandrupturesofempire,revolutionaryandconstitutionalpolitics:thesearethematerialandimaginativeworldsofearlyAmericanlaw.Allthisisencompassedinourfirstvolume.TheCambridgeHistoryofLawinAmericahasbeenmadepossiblebythegeneroussupportoftheAmericanBarFoundation.V
7、olumesIIandIIIcoverthehistoryoflaw,respectively,fromthefoundationoftherepublicuntiltheimmediateaftermathofWorldWarIandfromthe1920suntiltheearlytwenty-firstcentury.MichaelGrossbergistheSallyM.ReahardProfessorofHistoryandaProfessorofLawatIndianaUniversity.Hisresearchfocusesontherelat
8、ionshipbetweenlawandsocialchange,
