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The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 : technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship
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The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 : technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / Howard Schweber.
ISBN
0521824621 (hardback)
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
viii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 04, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction
North and South
Illinois: "We were determined to have a rail-road"
"The memory of man runneth not to the contrary": cases involving damage to property
"Intelligent beings": cases involving injuries to persons
The North: Ohio, Vermont, and New York
Virginia in the 1850s: the last days of planter rule
The common law of antebellum Virginia: the preservation of status
Virginia's version of American common law: old wine in new bottles
The South: Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky
Legal change and social order.
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