Bibliography of Early American Law

FAIN: RB-10009-70

President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)
Morris L. Cohen (Project Director: July 1970 to present)

Bicentennial project to compile and prepare for publication an historical, chronological bibliography of American law from earliest colonial times to 1860, with separate indexes by author, title and jurisdiction. ABSTRACT: Bicentennial project to compile and prepare for publication an historical, chronological bibliography of American law from earliest colonial times to 1860, with separate indexes by author, title and jurisdiction. Will include all treatises, tracts, commentaries, encyclopedias and manuals, printed in U.S. or abroad, which relate to American law or legal development; also trials, legal biographies and selected documents of legal significance. Full descriptive entries for all works included, classified into broad subject categories. Short essays will introduce each section, tracing development of law in that field. Originally 6000 works projected for inclusion, however, over 7000 entries have been accumulated since project began. No adequate bibliography exist which covers monographic American legal literature during its formative period; will aid scholarship in American jurisprudence, lega and political history. Funds for salaries, equipment, supplies, travel.