Mass land ownership forced American law to shed technical complexity.

Evidence

Land law was not the only branch of law that needed to sing a fresh tune in the New World. Law never lost all its maddening complexity, but many fields of law were at least streamlined and refined to the level where they worked in this middle-​class society. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 257

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Early American law was dynamic and pro-growth, not conservative. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 263; Complex English conveyancing rules were intolerable in America’s mass land market — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1424; Widespread private land ownership shaped all American law — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 290

Broader Connections

• Complex English conveyancing rules were intolerable in America’s mass land market #exemplifies (0.95) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1424
• Widespread private land ownership shaped all American law #expands (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 290