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Author Witt, John Fabian.

Title The accidental republic : crippled workingmen, destitute widows, and the remaking of American law / John Fabian Witt.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  344.021 W783a 2004    ---  Available
Description 311 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Crippled workingmen, destitute widows, and the crisis of free labor -- The dilemmas of classical tort law -- The cooperative insurance movement -- From markets to managers -- Widows, actuaries, and the logics of social insurance -- The passion of William Werner -- The accidental republic.
Subject Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Accident law -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0674012674 (alk. paper)

 
    
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