Law and urban growth : civil litigation in the Boston trial courts, 1880-1900 / Robert A. Silverman.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This in-depth study of civil trial courts in any American city during the nineteenth century. Examining cases brought before the Boston civil courts between 1880 and 1900, Robert Silverman shows how the business of these tribunals mirrors social and economic changes within the urban community and how these changes made the 1890s a turning point in the function of law.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. The Arena
- One. Boston and its Trial Courts
- Two. Personae
- Part II. The Anonymous Marketplace
- Three. Commercial Credit
- Four. Emoluments
- Five. A Place to Live
- Part III. The Dangers of Everyday Life
- Six. Accidents
- Seven. Malice
- Conclusion. At the Threshold of the Law
- Appendixes
- Appendix A. Sources and Samples
- Appendix B. Classification of Cases
- Appendix C. Occupations and Enterprises
- Appendix D. The Bench
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [199]-211.
- ISBN:
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- 9780691642901
- 0691642907
- 9780691615448
- 0691615446
- 9781400856930
- 1400856930
- OCLC:
- 889251972
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