The accidental Republic: crippled workingmen, destitute widows and the remaking of American law
"In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation's exceptionally acute industrial accident crisis. Jurists elaborated the common law of torts. Workingmen's organizations founded a widespread system...
Main Author: | Witt, John |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
2004
Harvard University Press |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19295563124910137459-The-accidental-Republic-crippl.htm |
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