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Federal courts in the early Republic : Kentucky, 1789-1816 / Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1978.Description: 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, tablesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400871322
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KFK1278 .F434 1978
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: 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.
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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.

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