Equity without Chancery: The Fusion of Law and Equity in the Field Code of Civil Procedure, New York 1846–76.

The Field Code of Civil Procedure – enacted in New York in 1848 and adopted by a majority of American jurisdictions thereafter – helped develop the modern American trial and influenced law reform in England. Leading accounts of the Code, however, ignore nineteenth-century New York practice which spu...

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Published in:	Journal of Legal History Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 152 - 192
Main Author:	Funk, Kellen
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2015
Subjects:	Interpretation & construction of civil procedures Equity pleading & procedure Field, David Dudley, 1805-1894 Law Equity (Law) History of common law New York state history History Nineteenth century United States New York (State)
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