Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier: Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846 - David J. Langum - Hardcover

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.Langum, David J. is the author of 'Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier: Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846 - David J. Langum - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780806120379 and ISBN 0806120371.