Early American law was dynamic and pro-growth, not conservative.

Evidence

We often hear people say, somewhat loosely, that law is conservative. In the first century of our independence, it would be more accurate to say, along with Professor Hurst, that law was dynamic: people were willing to “put law in action fast and boldly where they saw tangible stakes in improving physical productivity.” — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 263

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mass land ownership forced American law to shed technical complexity. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 257; Early nineteenth-century Americans expected state government to actively promote economic development — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1016

Broader Connections

• Early nineteenth-century Americans expected state government to actively promote economic development #exemplifies (0.90) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1016