D Kurt Graham

To Bring Law Home

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the federal judiciary (the district and circuit courts) during the early national period, using Rhode Island as a case study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780875804149
• ISBN-10: 0875804144
• Artikelnr.: 26830841

Autorenporträt

D. Kurt Graham is the Housel Director of the McCracken Research Library and Co-Director of the Cody Institute for Western American Studies, both at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from Brown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The State of Rhode Island
Chapter Two: The Gentlemen of the Bar
Chapter Three: Order in the Court
Chapter Four: Grand Jury Charges
Chapter Five: The Cases
Conclusion
Appendix A: District Court Cases in Rhode Island, 1790–1812
Appendix B: Circuit Court Cases in Rhode Island, 1790–1812
Notes
Bibliography
Index