(Portland. Maine): Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon. 2009. 345 pp. Illustrated. Softcover. Wraps show no visible wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of markings. A fine copy.

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Title

PROGRESS, STABILITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY. A RAMBLE THROUGH THE EARLY YEARS OF MAINE LAW, 1820-1920.

Publisher

Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon

Publication Date

2009

Language

English

ISBN 10

0966401549

ISBN 13

9780966401547

Binding

soft cover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

No jacket

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Americana

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Synopsis

Progress, Stability, and the Struggle for Equality: A Ramble Through the Early Years of Maine Law, 1820-1920. Portland, Me.: Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, 2009. xiv, 346 pp. with 16 pages of black and white illustrations and portraits. ISBN 13: 9780966401547. Softcover.

Contents: Why legal history matters. Finding and making the common law. Charting new courses. Foundational constitutional principles. Paupers. Maine's law's debt to animals. Contributory negligence and railroad crossing collisions. Women and the law. Employee injuries. Wrongful death claims. Maine's morality laws. Ensuring public safety. The court and the public schools. Maine's blasphemy case. The Civil War. Maine's rivers. Resolving disputes between neighbors. Governmental power and private property. Concluding thoughts.

About the Author

Hugh MacMahon, a resident of Falmouth, Maine, practiced law for many years with the firm of Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon in Portland, Maine. Now retired from active practice, he remains affiliated with the firm in an of counsel capacity. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has taught courses as a lecturer at the University of Maine School of Law.

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