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Federal courts in the early Republic : Kentucky, 1789-1816 /

On the basis of both civil and criminal suits, some private and some brought by the government, Professor Tachau demonstrates that the federal courts in Kentucky were immediately accessible, visible, and deeply involved in the lives of the people. The actual legal practice revealed in the records th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tachau, Mary K. Bonsteel, 1926-1990 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1978.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:On the basis of both civil and criminal suits, some private and some brought by the government, Professor Tachau demonstrates that the federal courts in Kentucky were immediately accessible, visible, and deeply involved in the lives of the people. The actual legal practice revealed in the records thus contradicts much of the conventional wisdom and traditional assumptions about the ""inferiority"" of the lower federal judiciary and suggests that a major revision of American legal and constitutional history may be in order. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, tables
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400871322
1400871328
0691621470
9780691621470
0691046611
9780691046617