Essays on English law and the American experience / by William R. Jones ... [et al.] ; introduction...
Essays on English law and the American experience / by William R. Jones ... [et al.] ; introduction...
Essays on English law and the American experience / by William R. Jones ... [et al.] ; introduction by Richard Hamm ; edited by Elisabeth A. Cawthon and David E. Narrett.
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College Station : Published for the University of Texas atArlington by Texas A&M University Press, c1994.
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N349.42/7
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English
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xiv, 135 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: English Law and the American Experience / Richard Hamm -- Sanctuary, Exile, and Law: The Fugitive and Public Authority in Medieval England and Modern America / William R. Jones -- The Americanization of Blackstone's Commentaries / Craig Evan Klafter -- The Politics of Treason in the 17...
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Publisher
College Station : Published for the University of Texas atArlington by Texas A&M University Press, c1994.
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1st ed.
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Texas
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
Through their studies of the notion of sanctuary, the development of fencing law on the Great Plains, the shaping of the American law of treason, the British origins of the Texas workers' compensation system, the Americanization of Blackstone, and the meaning of common law in the United States, these scholars not only show the ongoing historical in...
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Essays on English law and the American experience / by William R. Jones ... [et al.] ; introduction by Richard Hamm ; edited by Elisabeth A. Cawthon and David E. Narrett.
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The Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; no. 27.
Includes bibliographical references.
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c1994.
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N349.42/7
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0890965811 (alk. paper)
9780890965818 (alk. paper)
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349.42 344.2
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991021736399702626
