Title: Railroads and American law /
Authors: Ely, James W., 1938-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Railroad law United States History.; Railroads and state United States History.
Contents: The emergence of the railroad -- The Civil War and federal land grants -- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century -- Arteries of commerce -- Law governing railroad operations -- Railroads and social issues -- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices -- Property and taxation -- Liability for personal injury -- Railroads in the progressive era -- World War I and the expansion of Federal Regulatory Authority -- Tangled labor relations -- Legal problems of railroad decline.