The Evolution of a Nation : How Geography and Law Shaped the American States
Daniel. Berkowitz
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (247 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Legal Initial Conditions; CHAPTER THREE: Initial Conditions and State Political Competition; CHAPTER FOUR: The Mechanism; CHAPTER FIVE: State Courts; CHAPTER SIX: Legislatures and Courts; CHAPTER SEVEN: Institutions and Outcomes; References; Index. - Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems--impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. The book shows how a state's geography and climate influenced whether el
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| Emner | Law - States - History
State governments - History - United States U.S. states - Politics and government - United States Law -- United States -- States -- History. Vis mer... State governments -- United States -- History.
U.S. states -- Economic conditions. U.S. states -- Politics and government. Geografi Government - U.S. Institusjoner Law, Politics & Government Rettsområder : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08953 Rettsvitenskap Samfunnsgeografi Samfunnsøkonomi State Government - U.S. Statsvitenskap USA |
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| ISBN | 9780691136042
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