Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier

Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846

Author: David J. Langum
ISBN: 0806120371

This text analyzes the legal and cultural history of the Mexican borderlands. In the early 19th century the Americans and the British came to this area. They adopted the Latino ways and became assimilated. The later arrivals rejected the Mexican system and maintained their common law traditions. There was an inevitable clash between these two factions.

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publish Date: 1987

Subjects: Law / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall C, Shelf 3)