xxix, 336 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Of governments and laws -- America's exceptionalism in 1876 : systematizing laws -- Common law is not an option -- Founding a government of laws -- Building a government of laws in the first century of the republic -- The rise and fall of codes fin de siècle -- Historical epilogue : from past to present -- Inviting comparison : a gift horse in two lands -- Systematizing and simplifying statutes -- Lawmaking for the common good -- Federalism and localism -- Constitutional review -- Applying laws -- Conclusion: Learning from others -- Appendix. The foreign law controversy and the fate of civil law scholarship in American law schools
