03387nam 22006972 450 991078552140332120151005020622.01-316-08984-31-139-56457-91-283-57514-01-139-55103-597866138875971-139-13548-11-139-55599-51-139-55228-71-139-54978-21-139-55474-3(CKB)2670000000234785(EBL)989180(OCoLC)808501801(SSID)ssj0000706172(PQKBManifestationID)11444625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000706172(PQKBWorkID)10629703(PQKB)10890187(UkCbUP)CR9781139135481(MiAaPQ)EBC989180(Au-PeEL)EBL989180(CaPaEBR)ebr10591074(CaONFJC)MIL388759(EXLCZ)99267000000023478520110802d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe treason trial of Aaron Burr law, politics, and the character wars of the new nation /R. Kent Newmyer[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies on the American ConstitutionTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-60661-6 1-107-02218-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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) against each other. At issue, in addition to the life of Aaron Burr, were the rights of criminal defendants, the constitutional definition of treason and the meaning of separation of powers in the Constitution. Capturing the sheer drama of the long trial, Kent Newmyer's book sheds new light on the chaotic process by which lawyers, judges and politicians fashioned law for the new nation.Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.Trials (Treason)United StatesBurr Conspiracy, 1805-1807United StatesPolitics and government1783-1809Trials (Treason)Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.345.73/0231Newmyer R. Kent1556397UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910785521403321The treason trial of Aaron Burr3819056UNINA