The Texas State Constitution

The Texas State Constitution
Author: Janice C. May
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199878129

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The Texas State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of Texas' constitutional history, this volume provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Texas' constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

The Texas Supreme Court

The Texas Supreme Court
Author: James L. Haley
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0292744587

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“Few people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as women’s rights and the protection of debtors.” Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The first book-length history of the Court published since 1917, it tells the story of the Texas Supreme Court from its origins in the Republic of Texas to the political and philosophical upheavals of the mid-1980s. Using a lively narrative style rather than a legalistic approach, Haley describes the twists and turns of an evolving judiciary both empowered and constrained by its dual ties to Spanish civil law and English common law. He focuses on the personalities and judicial philosophies of those who served on the Supreme Court, as well as on the interplay between the Court’s rulings and the state’s unique history in such areas as slavery, women’s rights, land and water rights, the rise of the railroad and oil and gas industries, Prohibition, civil rights, and consumer protection. The book is illustrated with more than fifty historical photos, many from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It concludes with a detailed chronology of milestones in the Supreme Court’s history and a list, with appointment and election dates, of the more than 150 justices who have served on the Court since 1836.

Lone Star Law

Lone Star Law
Author: Michael Ariens
Publisher: Texas Tech Univ.
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2016-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780896729797

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"An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher.

Lone Star Law

Lone Star Law
Author: Michael S. Ariens
Publisher: American Liberty & Justice
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780896726956

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"An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher.

A Source Book Relating to the History of the University of Texas

A Source Book Relating to the History of the University of Texas
Author: Harry y Benedict
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 876
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780265987810

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Excerpt from A Source Book Relating to the History of the University of Texas: Legislative, Legal, Bibliographical, and Statistical The punctuation and spelling of the originals have been pretty closed followed. Errors obviously of the printer have in some cases been corrected. Down to the Eighth Legislature, all extracts found have been quoted in full. Thereafter page references are used in following bills through their legislative channels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Judges of the Republic of Texas (1836-1846)

Judges of the Republic of Texas (1836-1846)
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1980
Genre: Judges
ISBN: 9780911317046

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This volume provides biographical and genealogical data on nearly 1500 men who served as judges during the period of the Republic of Texas. It consists of an introduction outlining the court system of the Republic, biographical sketches of individual judges accompanied by photographs wherever possible, rosters of judges by office and county, and other information.