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Who Pays For Progress?: Accident Law In Florida, 1845-1886, James L. Hunt
Who Pays For Progress?: Accident Law In Florida, 1845-1886, James L. Hunt
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Law, Business, And Politics: Liability For Accidents In Georgia, 1846-1880, James L. Hunt
Law, Business, And Politics: Liability For Accidents In Georgia, 1846-1880, James L. Hunt
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Populism, Law, And The Corporation: The 1897 Kansas Supreme Court, James L. Hunt
Populism, Law, And The Corporation: The 1897 Kansas Supreme Court, James L. Hunt
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Law And Society In A New South Community: Durham County, North Carolina, 1898-1899, James L. Hunt
Law And Society In A New South Community: Durham County, North Carolina, 1898-1899, James L. Hunt
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The Third Best Choice: An Essay On Law And History, Theodore Y. Blumoff
The Third Best Choice: An Essay On Law And History, Theodore Y. Blumoff
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The thesis of this Essay is that our use of history is as essential and unavoidable as conclusive answers are irretrievable. Irretrievability exists whether the historical reality sought results from a survey of traditional historical materials in an effort to recapture original understanding, or from a common-law effort to discover the Court's own history of an issue. In either case, however, the need to attempt to recover historical truths is perceived as essential. I subscribe, for the most part, to the contextualist premise that we cannot recover sufficient historical data on issues that matter to make history determinate in the …