Railroads and American law
By: James W. Ely, Jr.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Railroad law -- United States -- History; Railroads and state -- United States -- History
Other titles: Railroads & American law
Description: "Epic in its scope, Railroads and American Law makes a complex subject accessible to a wide range of readers, from legal historians to railroad buffs, and shows the many ways in which a powerful industry brought change and innovation to America."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p, 333-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of the railroad; title: The Civil War and federal land grants; title: Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century; title: Arteries of commerce; title: Law governing railroad operations; title: Railroads and social conflict; title: Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices; title: Property and taxation; title: Liability for personal injury; title: Railroads in the progressive era; title: World War I and the expansion of federal regulatory authority; title: Tangled labor relations; title: Legal problems of railroad decline.