The creation of American common law, 1850-1880
Schweber, Howard H.
The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / [electronic resource] : Howard Schweber. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - viii, 296 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Common law--History--United States--19th century.
Customary law--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic books.
KF394 / .S39 2004eb
The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / [electronic resource] : Howard Schweber. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - viii, 296 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Common law--History--United States--19th century.
Customary law--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic books.
KF394 / .S39 2004eb