Gibbons v. Ogden, " Law, and Society in the Early Republic" examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Decided in 1824, "Gibbons v. Ogden" arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right ...
Gibbons v. Ogden, " Law, and Society in the Early Republic" examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Decided in 1824, "Gibbons v. Ogden" arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right ...
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Thomas Cox has reconstructed a groundbreaking history that stands apart from all previous studies of American forests. Drawing on work in social and economic history, as well as a wealth of historical data on forest industries and individuals, this book puts individual actors at centre stage, allowing the points of view of the workers and lumbermen to emerge.