Debtor-Creditor Laws, Amendments, and Revised Statutes : New York State, 1785-1860 / Mary Ann Romano.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9255.

ICPSR ; 9255

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debtor and creditor--New York (State)--History.

Debtor and creditor.

Credit--Law and legislation--New York (State)--History.

Credit.

Credit--Law and legislation.

History.

New York (State).

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection contains information on New York State debtor-creditor laws, amendments, and revised statutes for the years 1785 through 1860. Designed to explain the changing patterns of growth in debtor-creditor laws over time on the basis of content analysis, this data collection focuses on the following major areas of investigation: imprisonment for debt, bankruptcy, insolvency, usury/interest of money/circulation, distress for rent, estates in trust, recovery of debts and demands, relief, fraudulent debtors, partners and joint debtors, and other miscellaneous categories.

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1785; and end: 1860.

OCLC:

61161988

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Restricted for use by site license.