This book is the outcome of a workshop at Michigan State University on the career of A. Allan Schmid offering a collection of original essays that explore several approaches to understanding the impact of alternative legal-economic institutions.

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Bridget Murphy (1825-1908) was born in Ardglass, Ireland and died in Polk County, Wisconsin. She married Ed Kelley, they immigrated to America about 1847 and settled in Wisconsin. Family members also lived across the border in Canada. Descendants and relatives lived in Wisconsin, North Dakota, Colorado, Iowa and elsewhere.