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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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 345.73/0231 |
| Soggetto topico: | Trials (Treason) - United States |
| Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1783-1809 |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The treason trial of Aaron Burr |
| ISBN: | 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 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462463803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.