| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 103.4

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The History of Michigan Law

Edited by Paul Finkelman and Martin J. Hershock

(Athens: Ohio University Press, 2006. Pp. xiv, 290. Notes, list of contributors, index. $49.95.)

The History of Michigan Law is a volume in Ohio University's Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest series, which aims to illuminate some of the key topics that have helped to shape the development of the law in individual states. Edited by Paul Finkelman and Martin J. Hershock, the book is comprised of twelve articles on various topics written by professors, lawyers, and other legal experts. Arranged chronologically by subject, the offerings trace the development of Michigan law from pioneer days to the early 2000s.

Several overarching themes become evident. First, the implementation of law in territorial days and the drafting of the state's early constitutions reflected the influence of settlers who came predominantly from New England and New York, and whose outlooks often differed substantially from those of settlers in other midwestern states. These eastern values and concerns remained evident, as well, in early nineteenth-century temperance and prohibition efforts and in the development of antebellum laws applied to address the rights of free African Americans and to assist escaped slaves who entered the state.

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