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Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay (1777-1852) maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor both to the early development of the U.S. legal system and to the interaction between law and politics in pre-Civil War America. During the yea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baxter, Maurice G. (Maurice Glen), 1920-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Clay, Henry, > 1777-1852.
Politics and government.
Lawyers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Essays.
Avocats > États-Unis > Biographies.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay (1777-1852) maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor both to the early development of the U.S. legal system and to the interaction between law and politics in pre-Civil War America. During the years of Clay's practice, modern American law was taking shape, building on the English experience but working out the new rules and precedents that a changing and growing society required. Clay specialized in property law, a natural choice at a time of entangled land claims, ill-defined boundaries, and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780813159553

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