Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Law in America focuses on the long nineteenth century (1789-1920).

1. Law and the American state, from the Revolution to the Civil War: institutional growth and structural change Mark R. Wilson; 2. Legal education and legal thought, 1790-1920 Hugh C. MacGill and R. Kent Newmyer; 3. The legal profession: from the Revolution to the Civil War Alfred S. Konefsky; 4. The courts, 1790-1920 Kermit L. Hall; 5. Criminal justice in the United States, 1790-1920: a government of laws or men? Elizabeth Dale; 6. Citizenship and immigration law, 1800-1924: resolutions of membership and territory Kunal M. Parker; 7. Federal policy, Western movement and consequences for indigenous people, 1790-1920 David E. Wilkins; 8. Marriage and domestic relations Norma Basch; 9. Slavery, antislavery, and the coming of the Civil War Ariela Gross; 10. The civil war and reconstruction Laura F. Edwards; 11. Law, personhood and citizenship in the long nineteenth century: the borders of belonging Barbara Young Welke; 12. Law in popular culture, 1790-1920: the people and the law Nan Goodman; 13. Law and religion, 1790-1920 Sarah Barringer Gordon; 14. Legal innovation and market capitalism, 1790-1920 Tony A. Freyer; 15. Innovations in law and technology, 1790-1920 B. Zorina Khan; 16. The laws of industrial organization, 1870-1920 Karen Orren; 17. The military in American legal history Jonathan Lurie; 18. The United States and international affairs, 1789-1919 Eileen P. Scully; 19. Politics, state building, and the courts, 1870-1920 William E. Forbath.