Sidney Breese: Life and Law in an Expanding America
Author:   Joseph A. Ranney
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
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9780252089275


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   26 May 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Sidney Breese: Life and Law in an Expanding America


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Author:   Joseph A. Ranney
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252089275


ISBN 10:   0252089278
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   26 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: From an Eastern to a Western Elite Chapter 2: Climbing to the Summit Chapter 3: A Senator for Young America Chapter 4: Duels with Douglas Chapter 5: A Justice Again: Matters Military and Domestic Chapter 6: Jacksonism Redux: Breese and the Granger Laws Chapter 7: Jacksonism Modified: Delineating Police Powers and Fashioning a Commercial Code for the Industrial Age Chapter 8: Final Years and Munn's Aftermath Chapter 9: Conclusion: Young America and the Law Appendix 1: Survey of Illinois Supreme Court Cross Citations, 1820-1860 Appendix 2: Survey of Illinois Tort Cases, 1860-1900 Appendix 3: Survey of Illinois Police-Power Cases, 1857-1900

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Joseph A. Ranney is an adjunct professor and the Adrian Schoone Fellow at Marquette Law School. His books include Bridging Revolutions: The Lives of Chief Justices Richmond Pearson and John Belton O'Neall and The Burdens of All: A Social History of American Tort Law.

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