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by William M. McKinney (Author)
A definitive legal snapshot of New York education law at a decisive moment. A primary source for researchers. McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated (Book 16), as amended to the close of the regular session of the legislature of 1916, assembles state education statutes and contemporary annotations into a single consolidated statutes collection. This annotated legal reference preserves statutory language, editorial notes and cross-references that governed school governance, funding and administration in the early 20th century laws of the state. The original editorial apparatus remains invaluable: it maps amendments against practice, aids statutory interpretation and provides context rarely found in modern digests. Useful to law students as a study aid and to practising lawyers as a legal researchers resource, the volume also serves comparative scholars tracing American statutory law and anyone curious about New York legal history. Casual readers attracted to historical legal codes or the social history of education encounter lucid, primary material that explains how law shaped classrooms and communities. More than a reference text, McKinney's law compilation is a cultural document from the legislative session 1916, a verbatim record of the statutes and annotations that informed policy and dispute-resolution a century ago. Its significance spans legal, educational and social history: scholars consult it for provenance and precedent, archivists for documentary evidence, and collectors for the depth of its original scholarship and material heritage. Rich indexing and contemporaneous notes capture legislative reasoning and the statutory architecture of public education, yielding direct evidence of policy, governance and fiscal responsibility. Researchers of comparative law, education policy and social history find cross-temporal connections to American statutory law and international studies of state regulation. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Designed to appeal to casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, this edition preserves the authority of the original while making it approachable for contemporary study.
