Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case
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Book Overview
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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801839831
ISBN13:9780801839832
Release Date:December 1989
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"
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Fascinating look at the origin of corporate law
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Kutler's book provides a very interesting look at the Charles River Bridge case, a monumental period in American Law that at once signaled the development of modern corporate law and showed the beginnings of modernity in American jurisprudence. Kutler takes a thorough look at not only the legal but also the social aspects of the case, without being overly dry or scholarly.
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