Laura F. Edwards, A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction: A Nation of Rights . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Footnotes, Bibliographic Essay, Bibliography, Index. Pp. xii, 212, 29.99 (pb), ISBN: 9781107401341. Laura F. Edwards, Peabody Professor of History at Duke University, has prepared a thought-provoking assessment of how law affected the Civil War and Reconstruction and the reverse. Professor Edwards, who is not law-trained, has developed a deep appreciation for the way law structures social and economic life in the United States and has become a respected social historian of law. She is not much concerned with the development of legal doctrine, nor legal institutions for their own sake. She is primarily concerned with how law and legal institutions affect people and how people use it for their own ends. Professor Edwards brings this approach to bear in six closely connected essays. Her survey will not replace a more traditional one …

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劳拉·爱德华兹，内战和重建的法律史：权利之国

Laura F. Edwards，内战和重建的法律史：权利的国家。纽约：剑桥大学出版社，2015 年。脚注，参考书目论文，参考书目，索引。pp。xii, 212, 29.99 (pb), ISBN: 9781107401341. 杜克大学皮博迪历史学教授劳拉·爱德华兹 (Laura F. Edwards) 准备了一份发人深省的评估，评估法律如何影响内战和重建以及反过来。爱德华兹教授未受过法律培训，他对法律在美国构建社会和经济生活的方式产生了深刻的认识，并已成为受人尊敬的法律社会历史学家。她不太关心法律学说的发展，也不太关心法律制度本身。她主要关注法律和法律制度如何影响人们以及人们如何将其用于自己的目的。爱德华兹教授在六篇紧密相连的文章中运用了这种方法。她的调查不会取代更传统的调查……