The transformation of American law, 1870-1960

Contents\n......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
I. The Emergence of an Instrumental Conception of Law......Page 22
II. The Transformation in the Conception of Property......Page 52
III. Subsidization of Economic Growth through the Legal System......Page 84
IV. Competition and Economic Development......Page 130
V. The Relation between the Bar and Commercial Interests......Page 161
VI. The Triumph of Contract......Page 181
The Equitable Conception of Contract in the Eighteenth Century......Page 182
The Rise of a Market Economy and the Development of the Will Theory of Contract......Page 194
Custom and Contract......Page 209
Tort and Contract......Page 222
VII. The Development of Commercial Law......Page 232
The Rise of Negotiability......Page 233
The Law of Insurance: The Development of Actuarial Conceptions of Risk......Page 247
Usury......Page 258
Swift v. Tyson: The Rise of a General Commercial Law......Page 266
VIII. The Rise of Legal Formalism......Page 274
Notes......Page 290
Index......Page 370