Creation american common law

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
1 North and South......Page 23
Blackstone in America: The Reception of English Common Law and the Movement for Reform......Page 26
The North: Railroads, Progress, and Legal Innovation......Page 39
The South: Slavery, Reaction, and Legal Stasis......Page 48
Abraham Lincoln and the Northern Mind......Page 52
2 Illinois......Page 54
The Illinois Supreme Court, 1850–60......Page 71
Clashing Property Rights: Stock Crossing Cases......Page 73
Common Carrier Liability and the Creation of Extracontractual Duties of Care......Page 94
Injuries to Strangers: Crossing Cases......Page 100
Passengers......Page 107
Employees: The Illinois Fellow-Servant Rule......Page 121
5 The North......Page 128
Ohio......Page 129
Vermont......Page 140
New York: Learned Hand......Page 146
Conclusion......Page 156
6 Virginia through the 1850s......Page 157
Virginia: East and West......Page 158
The Constitutional Convention of 1850......Page 172
7 The Common Law of Antebellum Virginia......Page 178
The Challenge of Corporations......Page 182
Stock Cases......Page 186
Injuries to Persons......Page 190
Contributory Negligence and the Fellow-Servant Rule......Page 198
8 Virginia’s Version of American Common Law......Page 204
Damage to Property......Page 210
Injuries to Strangers......Page 214
Corporations Public and Private......Page 226
Damage to Property: Stock and Slaves......Page 236
Injuries to Persons: Crossing Cases......Page 246
Contractual Relationships......Page 249
The Postbellum South: The Adoption of Modern Doctrines in Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky......Page 255
10 Legal Change and Social Order......Page 269
Changes in American Legal Doctrine: The Case of Third-Party Beneficiary Contracts......Page 274
The Nature of Legal Citizenship......Page 278
Index of Cases......Page 283
Bibliography......Page 289
Index......Page 303