Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic [electronic resource] / Thomas H. Cox.
By: Cox, Thomas H.
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BookPublisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009Description: xvi, 260 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.Other title: Gibbons versus Ogden, law, and society in the early republic.Subject(s): Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Interstate commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Inland navigation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Steamboats -- Law and legislation -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 343.730815 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Steam power and patent law development in the Eighteenth Century -- Origins of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly -- Corporate negotiations -- Defending the monopoly -- Interstate competition -- Personal rivalries and lawsuits -- The road to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Strategies and deliberations -- The Gibbons decision and popular reaction -- The decline of the New York steamboat monopoly.
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