Our librarians developed this research guide to support the BLS course: Law and Capitalism in U.S. History. We are continuing to expand Brooklyn Law School Library's collection. When you access this guide in future, please reload this web page.
Excerpt from Professor Sarah Winsberg's course syllabus:
Why and how have markets come to shape so much of American life? Legal history is a key tool in discovering and understanding the answers. Throughout U.S. history, law has been intertwined with capitalism, enabling, shaping, and enforcing its most important developments.
Research help:
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Nov. 24, 2025: 1 print copy ordered by BLS Library.
Includes Ch. 14: Legal Innovation and Market Capitalism, 1790–1920.
Nov. 24, 2025: 1 print copy ordered by BLS Library.
Publicly accessible digital book licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Publicly accessible digital book available through OAPEN Home.
Includes: Marie-Pierre Arizzabalaga / Property ownership : an indicator of French immigrant women's empowerment process in California, 1880-1940.
