Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Locomotive Inspection Law
Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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The Law of Personal Injuries Relating to Master and Servant
Author: William Francis Bailey
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Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Safety Appliance Acts (45 U.S. Code, Secs. 1-16)
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Lawyering for the Railroad
Author: William G. Thomas III
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807125045
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Lawyering for the Railroad provides the first full account of railroad monopoly power, tracing its sources and effects in the southern political economy. Issues touching on railroad development were major components of politics in the days of both Populism and Progressivism, and railroad attorneys -- often in their role as lobbyists -- were always in the middle of the action. They distributed free passes to legislators, retained the best counsel for their clients, laid out the legal agreements to form monopolies, and instituted practices to ensure quick and favorable settlements for the railroads. In this intriguing work, William G. Thomas introduces the southern attorneys who represented railroads between 1880 and 1916, closely examining their role in the political economy of the South during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, a period in which the region experienced sharp change, explosive growth, and heated political contests. Thomas tells his fascinating story with legal department records from some of the largest interstate railroad companies in the South. With the help of these records, he demonstrates how the railroads tried to use the law and the legal process to mold the southern political economy to their ends and what kind of opposition they faced. Standing at the crossroads of business, law, and politics, Lawyering for the Railroad gives context, depth, and specificity to what have been cursory glimpses into the shady world of corporate power in the Gilded Age. From small-town lawyers to big-city firms, the story of the railroad attorneys brings into focus the many ways the interstate railroad transformed the South.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807125045
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Lawyering for the Railroad provides the first full account of railroad monopoly power, tracing its sources and effects in the southern political economy. Issues touching on railroad development were major components of politics in the days of both Populism and Progressivism, and railroad attorneys -- often in their role as lobbyists -- were always in the middle of the action. They distributed free passes to legislators, retained the best counsel for their clients, laid out the legal agreements to form monopolies, and instituted practices to ensure quick and favorable settlements for the railroads. In this intriguing work, William G. Thomas introduces the southern attorneys who represented railroads between 1880 and 1916, closely examining their role in the political economy of the South during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, a period in which the region experienced sharp change, explosive growth, and heated political contests. Thomas tells his fascinating story with legal department records from some of the largest interstate railroad companies in the South. With the help of these records, he demonstrates how the railroads tried to use the law and the legal process to mold the southern political economy to their ends and what kind of opposition they faced. Standing at the crossroads of business, law, and politics, Lawyering for the Railroad gives context, depth, and specificity to what have been cursory glimpses into the shady world of corporate power in the Gilded Age. From small-town lawyers to big-city firms, the story of the railroad attorneys brings into focus the many ways the interstate railroad transformed the South.
The Law of Civil Liability for Personal Injuries by Negligence in Texas
Author: Robert Gould Street
Publisher:
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Category : Liability (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liability (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
FRA Guide for Preparing Accidents/incidents Reports
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroad accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Railroads and American Law
Author: James W. Ely, Jr.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700611444
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
No enterprise is so seductive as a railroad for the influence it exerts, the power it gives, and the hope of gain it offers.—Poor's Manual of Railroads (1900) At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions-the railroad and American law-had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how "America's first big business" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a country where long-distance internal transport had previously been limited to canals and turnpikes. Railroads, the first major industry to experience extensive regulation, brought about significant legal innovations governing interstate commerce, eminent domain, private property, labor relations, and much more. Much of this development was originally designed to serve the interests of the railroads themselves but gradually came to contest and control the industry's power and exploitative tendencies. As Ely reveals, despite its great promise and potential as an engine of prosperity and uniter of far-flung regions, the railroad was not universally admired. Railroads uprooted people, threatened local autonomy, and posed dangers to employees and the public alike-situations with unprecedented legal ramifications. Ely explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which those ramifications played out, as railroads crossed state lines and knitted together a diverse nation with thousands of miles of iron rail. Epic in its scope, Railroads and American Law makes a complex subject accessible to a wide range of readers, from legal historians to railroad buffs, and shows the many ways in which a powerful industry brought change and innovation to America.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700611444
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
No enterprise is so seductive as a railroad for the influence it exerts, the power it gives, and the hope of gain it offers.—Poor's Manual of Railroads (1900) At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions-the railroad and American law-had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how "America's first big business" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a country where long-distance internal transport had previously been limited to canals and turnpikes. Railroads, the first major industry to experience extensive regulation, brought about significant legal innovations governing interstate commerce, eminent domain, private property, labor relations, and much more. Much of this development was originally designed to serve the interests of the railroads themselves but gradually came to contest and control the industry's power and exploitative tendencies. As Ely reveals, despite its great promise and potential as an engine of prosperity and uniter of far-flung regions, the railroad was not universally admired. Railroads uprooted people, threatened local autonomy, and posed dangers to employees and the public alike-situations with unprecedented legal ramifications. Ely explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which those ramifications played out, as railroads crossed state lines and knitted together a diverse nation with thousands of miles of iron rail. Epic in its scope, Railroads and American Law makes a complex subject accessible to a wide range of readers, from legal historians to railroad buffs, and shows the many ways in which a powerful industry brought change and innovation to America.
A Treatise on the Law of Railroads
Author: Edward Lillie Pierce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368862960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368862960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Accident Handbook
Author: Parker Layrisson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692472477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692472477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Voluntary Adjustment of Railroad Obligations: pt. 1-2. Railroad reorganization. May 31, June 1-2, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 28, July 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 1939; supplemental statements, letters, and exhibits
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
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