The Creation of American Common Law, 18501880
Subtitle: Technology, Politics, and the Construction of Citizenship
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521824620
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Civil rights & citizenship; Political science & theory; c 1800 to c 1900; United States; History; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Law; Politics/International Relations; North America; USA; Government - Comparative; General; Political Science / General; 19th century; Common law
First sentence: The term common law means the body of rules created over time by judges, as opposed to positive law - that is, status created by legislative enactment.