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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458771703321

Autore

Burrill Donald R

Titolo

Servants of the law [[electronic resource] ] : judicial politics on the California frontier, 1849-89 : an interpretative exploration of the Field-Terry controversy / / Donald R. Burrill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2010

ISBN

1-283-21364-8

9786613213648

0-7618-4892-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

347.794035

349.73

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - California

Law - California - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

California Politics and government 1846-1850

California Politics and government 1850-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One. El Dorado; Chapter Two. A Hasty Footpath to Statehood; Chapter Three. From Roman Law to Common Law: Juris Civilus of Use and Custom; Chapter Four. A Judicial Activist; Photo1; Chapter Five. Justices of the Supreme Court of California; Chapter Six. Persona Non Grata; Chapter Seven. Growing Resentments; Chapter EightPolitical Dreams; Photo2; Chapter Nine. Jus et Fraus Numquam Cohabitant (Law and Fraud Never Cohabit); Chapter Ten. Injury Unrequited; Chapter Eleven. Dishonor in Absentia; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the lives of two famous California judges, David S. Terry and Stephen J. Field, who created a lasting influence on the politics and judicial history of California's Supreme Court during the court's formative years of 1855 to 1865.