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This 2004 book is a comparative study of the American legal development in the mid-nineteenth century. Focusing on Illinois and Virginia, supported by observations from six additional states, the book traces the crucial formative moment in the development of an American system of common law in northern and southern courts.Schweber, Howard H. is the author of 'Creation of American Common Law, 1850-1880 Technology, Politics, and the Construction of Citizenship' with ISBN 9780521824620 and ISBN 0521824621.
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