Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. General Bibliographic Sources 29
6. 2. English Foundations of American Law, 1500s–1776 48
7. 3. Colonial Law, 1600s–1770s 75
8. 4. Constitutional Law, 1780s 98
9. 5. The Early Republic, 1790s–1870s 120
10. 6. Research Gets Organized, 1880s–1930s 164
11. 7. The Administrative State, 1930s–2010s 203
12. 8. Archives and Practice Materials 230
13. 9. International and Civil Law in the United States 246
14. 10. Language and Biography 277
15. 11. Nonlaw Research 302
16. Index 323