Evelyn Atkinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6504642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evelyn Atkinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evelyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Atkinson |
| SIGNATURE | ATKINSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University Law School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Telegraph Torts
At the turn of the twentieth century, state courts were roiled by claims against telegraph corporations for mental anguish resulting from the failure to deliver telegrams involving the death or injury of a family member. Although these “telegraph cases” at first may seem a bizarre outlier, they in fact reveal an important and understudied moment of transformation in the nature of the relationship between the corporation and the public: the role o…
Slaves, Coolies, and Shareholders
This article examines the little-known case In re Tiburcio Parrott (1880), in which the federal court extended Fourteenth Amendment rights to corporations for the first time. It reveals that an analogy between Chinese immigrants and corporate shareholders was the basis for the court's reasoning. This article explores the social and political context of the movements for Chinese exclusion and corporate regulation in 1870s California to explain thi…
Creating the Reasonable Child
In common law, trespassers could not sue for injuries. In the early 1870s, however, courts exempted child trespassers injured by industrial machinery from this rule. The development of the hotly contested “attractive nuisance” doctrine illustrates turn-of-the-twentieth-century debates about how to allocate the risk of injury from industrial accidents, which linked responsibility to the capacity to understand danger and to exert self-control. Alth…
Creating the Reasonable Child
In common law, trespassers could not sue for injuries. In the early 1870s, however, courts exempted child trespassers injured by industrial machinery from this rule. The development of the hotly contested “attractive nuisance” doctrine illustrates turn-of-the-twentieth-century debates about how to allocate the risk of injury from industrial accidents, which linked responsibility to the capacity to understand danger and to exert self-control. Alth…
Creating the Reasonable Child
In common law, trespassers could not sue for injuries. In the early 1870s, however, courts exempted child trespassers injured by industrial machinery from this rule. The development of the hotly contested “attractive nuisance” doctrine illustrates turn-of-the-twentieth-century debates about how to allocate the risk of injury from industrial accidents, which linked responsibility to the capacity to understand danger and to exert self-control. Alth…
Slaves, Coolies, and Shareholders
This article examines the little-known case In re Tiburcio Parrott (1880), in which the federal court extended Fourteenth Amendment rights to corporations for the first time. It reveals that an analogy between Chinese immigrants and corporate shareholders was the basis for the court's reasoning. This article explores the social and political context of the movements for Chinese exclusion and corporate regulation in 1870s California to explain thi…
Telegraph Torts
At the turn of the twentieth century, state courts were roiled by claims against telegraph corporations for mental anguish resulting from the failure to deliver telegrams involving the death or injury of a family member. Although these “telegraph cases” at first may seem a bizarre outlier, they in fact reveal an important and understudied moment of transformation in the nature of the relationship between the corporation and the public: the role o…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Analogy (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Cognitive reframing (1 work)