Milestones!

Description:

Recounts the facts, meanings, and historical contexts of eighteen cases and events judged to be pivotal in American legal history, from the first important constitutional decision in 1803 to the 1974 ruling against Richard Nixon's claim of executive privelege.

subjects: Law,  History,  History and criticism,  Constitutional law,  Droit,  Histoire,  Port royal (s.c.),  Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877),  African americans, south carolina,  Slaves, emancipation, united states,  Sea islands,  African americans, history,  South carolina, history

Places: United States