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Railroads and American Law
James W. Ely
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Description for Railroads and American Law
Hardcover. James W. Ely Jr, tells the history of the rail industry, showing that two institutions - the railroad and American law - had a profound effect on each other. It also documents the change and innovation the railroad brought the country. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LNKT; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions - the railroad and American law - had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how ""America's first big business"" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a ... Read more
At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions - the railroad and American law - had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how ""America's first big business"" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611447
SKU
V9780700611447
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About James W. Ely
James W. Ely Jr. is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and professor of history at Vanderbilt University. His other books include The Guardian of Every Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights and The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910.
Reviews for Railroads and American Law
A monumental achievement - it should be on the shelves of every railroad, economic, and legal historian. Herbert Hovenkamp, Author of Enterprise and American Law, 1836-1937; ""Fills a large void in the field of legal history. There is nothing else available that covers this subject, or even comes close."" Lawrence M. Friedman, Author of A History of American Law; ""A ... Read more