| Description |
viii, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Common law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Common law. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| ISBN |
0521824621 hardback |
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