Khan, B. Zorina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
innovations -- including steamboats, railroads, telegraphy, medical technologies, and automobiles -- on the common law, regulation … contributed to, and in turn been affected by, major technological innovations. The first section of the paper examines the U … through 'adjudication by analogy', the socio-economic changes wrought by major innovations ultimately produced more …