Between law and custom : "high" and "low" legal cultures in the lands of the British diaspora - the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1600-1900 / Peter Karsten.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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22630

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Common law -- History.

Common law -- History -- Australia.

Common Law -- History. -- Canada.

Common law -- History -- New Zealand.

Common law -- History -- United States.

Customary law -- History.

Customary law -- History. -- Australia.

Customary Law -- History. -- Canada.

Customary law -- History -- New Zealand.

Customary law -- History. -- United States.

Contents:

Part one: Land

1. Law versus customs

2. Corncribs, manuring, timber, and sheep: landlords, tenants and reversioners

3. They seem to argue that custom has made a higher law: squatters and proprietors

4. Protecting one's property: takings, easements, nuisances, and trespasses

Part two. Agreements

5. We have an agreement: the formal and informal law of sales, third-party beneficiary, common carrier, and contingency-fee contracts

6. Work: the formal and informal law of labor contracts

Part three: Accidents

7. Judicial responses to negligence claims by the British diaspora, 1800-1910

8. Beneath the iceberg's tip: personal injury suits, out-of-court settlements, and trial court awards: the real law of accidents

9. Further sorties into the high, middle, and low legal cultures of the British diaspora, with some conclusions.

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Includes index.

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0521792835

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xvi, 560 pages