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The creation of American common law, 1850-1880

by Schweber, Howard H.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge, UK ; | New York, NY :) Physical details: viii, 296 p.
Subject(s): Common law -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Customary law -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2004
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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.

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