The Law of Contract 1670–1870

The Law of Contract 1670–1870

Author: Warren Swain

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-12

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1107040760

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This book considers the development of contract law doctrine in England from 1670 to 1870.


The Invention of Free Labor

The Invention of Free Labor

Author: Robert J. Steinfeld

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1469616394

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Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.