Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case - Softcover

Kutler, Stanley I. I.

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9780801839832: Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case
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ISBN 10: 0801839831 ISBN 13: 9780801839832
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989

Synopsis

In this now-classic work in legal and constitutional theory, Stanley I. Kutler examines one of the Supreme Court's most celebrated decisions. In 1837, the Court rules that the state of Massachusetts had the right to erect a free bridge over the Charles River even though it had previously chartered a privately owned toll bridge at the same location. The Court's decision fostered the idea of "creative destruction," a process that encourages new forms of property at the expense of older ones. Exploring the origins, context, and impact of this decision, Kutler integrates traditional American constitutional history with the "new legal history: that emphasizes the social and economic bases of legal change.

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About the Author

Stanley I. Kutler is the E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions in the Department of History and the School of Law at the University of Wisconsin. He is editor of the Johns Hopkins Series The American Moment. HIs newest book is The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon.

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801839831
ISBN 13 
9780801839832
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208
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