Prologue: the English heritage
The emergence of the theory of the popular will as the basis of law in the American Colonies: legal and constitutional perspectives on the American Revolution
Federalism versus Republicanism in the courts: conceptions of national law
Securing the Revolution of 1800 through common law
Law and society in the mid-nineteenth century
Competition and labor law in ante-bellum and late nineteenth century America
Law and jurisprudence for the modern industrial age
Private law present and future: towards a welfare state?
The struggle for the soul of the legal academy
Appendix: Constitution of the United States of America.