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The great Yazoo lands sale : the case of Fletcher v. Peck /

"In 1795, the Georgia legislature sold the state's western lands (present-day Alabama and Mississippi) to four private land companies. A year later, amid revelations of bribery, a newly elected legislature revoked the sale. This book tells the story of how the great Yazoo lands sale gave r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hobson, Charles F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2016.
Colección:Landmark law cases & American society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Georgia sells Its Western lands
  • 2. Georgia rescinds the Yazoo sale
  • 3. New England purchasers become Yazoo claimants
  • 4. Fletcher sues Peck; congress debates Yazoo
  • 5. The contract clause, vested rights, and first argument, 1809
  • 6. The Supreme Court decides Fletcher; congress indemnifies claimants
  • 7. The Marshall court and the contract clause after Fletcher.