Henry Clay the lawyer /Maurice G. Baxter.
Baxter, Maurice G. 1920-
Henry Clay the lawyer /Maurice G. Baxter. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (154 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Legal Scene; 2. Early Practice; 3. Economic Issues; 4. Banking; 5. Nonconstitutional Business; 6. Slavery; 7. Overview; Appendix: Table of Clay's Cases; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780813159553
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
KF368 / .H467 2015
Henry Clay the lawyer /Maurice G. Baxter. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (154 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Legal Scene; 2. Early Practice; 3. Economic Issues; 4. Banking; 5. Nonconstitutional Business; 6. Slavery; 7. Overview; Appendix: Table of Clay's Cases; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780813159553
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
KF368 / .H467 2015