The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 (Record no. 216948)
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| fixed length control field | 01878nam a2200313Ia 4500 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Schweber, Howard H. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, UK ; |
| -- | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 296 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Common law |
| Topical Term | Customary law |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10120438 |
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