v. 1. From the colonial years through the Civil War. The colonial years ; Law and the conditions of agricultural household life, 1750-1800 ; Law and the founding of the American republic I: toward independence and republican government ; Law and the founding of the American republic II: from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution ; The Supreme Court emerges ; Law and entrepreneurship, 1800-1850 ; Law and the dissolution of the Union I: the political parties, Congress, and slavery ; Law the dissolution of the Union II: slavery, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court ; The Civil War: setting the stage ; The Civil War: legal issues.