Servants of the law judicial politics on the California frontier 1849-89 : an interpretive exploration of the Field-Terry controversy / Donald R. Burrill.

Author/creator Burrill, Donald R.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : University Press of America Inc.,
Descriptionxvi, 294 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
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Contents El Dorado -- A hasty footpath to statehood -- From Roman law to common law : juris civilus of use and custom -- A judicial activist -- Justices of the Supreme Court of California -- Persona non grata -- Growing resentments -- Political dreams -- Jus et fraus numquam cohabitant (law and fraud never cohabit) -- Injury unrequited -- Dishonor in absentia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index.
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LCCN 2009933543
ISBN9780761848912 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN0761848916 (pbk.: alk. paper)

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