The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 [electronic resource] : technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / Howard Schweber.
Schweber, Howard H.
2004
KF394 .S39 2004eb
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Title The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 [electronic resource] : technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / Howard Schweber.
Author Schweber, Howard H.
ISBN 0511164335
0521824621 (hardback)
Publication Details Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Language English
Description viii, 296 p.
Call Number KF394 .S39 2004eb
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index.
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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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