02641nam 2200589Ia 450 991078545150332120200520144314.01-283-21364-897866132136480-7618-4892-4(CKB)2670000000060663(EBL)662233(OCoLC)704290074(SSID)ssj0000473063(PQKBManifestationID)11331142(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473063(PQKBWorkID)10436843(PQKB)10948137(MiAaPQ)EBC662233(Au-PeEL)EBL662233(CaPaEBR)ebr10435005(CaONFJC)MIL321364(EXLCZ)99267000000006066320090727d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrServants of the law[electronic resource] judicial politics on the California frontier, 1849-89 : an interpretative exploration of the Field-Terry controversy /Donald R. BurrillLanham, MD University Press of America20101 online resource (325 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-4891-6 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; IndexThis 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.Frontier and pioneer lifeCaliforniaLawCaliforniaHistory19th centuryCaliforniaPolitics and government1846-1850CaliforniaPolitics and government1850-1950Frontier and pioneer lifeLawHistory347.794035349.73Burrill Donald R1499349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785451503321Servants of the law3725323UNINA