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UNINA9910462463803321 |
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Autore |
Newmyer R. Kent |
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Titolo |
The treason trial of Aaron Burr : law, politics, and the character wars of the new nation / / R. Kent Newmyer [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-316-08984-3 |
1-139-56457-9 |
1-283-57514-0 |
1-139-55103-5 |
9786613887597 |
1-139-13548-1 |
1-139-55599-5 |
1-139-55228-7 |
1-139-54978-2 |
1-139-55474-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies on the American Constitution |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Trials (Treason) - United States |
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 |
United States Politics and government 1783-1809 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Jefferson and Burr on the road to Richmond -- Jefferson and Marshall square off -- Legal theater in Richmond : Aaron Burr front-and-center -- Treason law for America : the lawyers grapple -- Judging the judge. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Burr treason trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, was significant for several reasons. The legal proceedings lasted seven months and featured some of the nation's best lawyers. It also pitted President Thomas Jefferson (who declared Burr guilty without the benefit of a trial and who masterminded the prosecution), Chief Justice John Marshall (who sat as a trial judge in the federal circuit court in Richmond) and former Vice President Aaron Burr (who was accused of planning to separate the western states from the Union) |
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