FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE AND MICHIGAN'S TERRITORIAL HERITAGE -- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS -- AN OCCASIONALLY DRY STATE SURROUNDED BY WATER -- A BEACON OF LIBERTY ON THE GREAT LAKES -- DEFERENCE TO DEMOCRACY -- THE FOUR MICHIGAN CONSTITUTIONS -- RUIN AND RECOVERY -- 170 YEARS OF A BALANCING ACT -- THE PROMISE OF EQUALITY AND THE LIMITS OF LAW -- "METHODS OF MYSTICISM" AND THE INDUSTRIAL ORDER -- THE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION IN THE 1970S -- LEGAL EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.