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100	1		_aHorwitz, Morton J.
245	1	4	_aThe Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c1976.
264		4	_c©1977.
300			_a1 online resource (378 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStudies in Legal History Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Emergence of an Instrumental Conception of Law -- II. The Transformation in the Conception of Property -- III. Subsidization of Economic Growth through the Legal System -- IV. Competition and Economic Development -- V. The Relation between the Bar and Commercial Interests -- VI. The Triumph of Contract -- The Equitable Conception of Contract in the Eighteenth Century -- The Rise of a Market Economy and the Development of the Will Theory of Contract -- Custom and Contract -- Tort and Contract -- VII. The Development of Commercial Law -- The Rise of Negotiability -- The Law of Insurance: The Development of Actuarial Conceptions of Risk -- Usury -- Swift v. Tyson: The Rise of a General Commercial Law -- VIII. The Rise of Legal Formalism -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aIn a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of common law as intellectual history and demonstrates how shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the U.S.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLaw-United States-History.
650		0	_aUnited States-History-19th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHorwitz, Morton J. _tThe Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 _dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c1976 _z9780674903715
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aStudies in Legal History Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300765 _zClick to View
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