Description |
xii, 287 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Federalist policy and the Judiciary Act of 1801 -- The appointment of Chief Justice Marshall -- The midnight judges -- United States v. Callender : judge and jury in a Republican society -- Penal measures in the American colonies : an overview -- Crime, the criminal law, and reform in post-revolutionary Virginia -- Jurisdiction to punish : federal authority, federalism, and the common law of crimes in the early republic -- Cesare Beccaria and the founding fathers -- Two enlightened reformers of the criminal law : Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and Peter Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Common law -- United States -- History.
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Judicial review -- United States -- History.
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Federal government -- United States -- History.
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Justice, Administration of -- United States -- History.
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Author |
Bilder, Mary Sarah.
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Marcus, Maeva, 1941-
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Newmyer, R. Kent.
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LC no. |
2008055957 |
ISBN |
9780521490870 hardback |
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0521490871 hardback |
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