MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010049177
003 DLC
005 20120703092043.0
008 101118s2010 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010049177
020 $a9781616191276 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781616191283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-va$an-us-la
050 00 $aKF352$b.B55 2010
082 00 $a349.73$222
100 1 $aBillings, Warren M.,$d1940-
245 10 $aMagistrates and pioneers :$bessays in the history of American law /$cby Warren M. Billings.
260 $aClark, NJ :$bLawbook Exchange,$cc2010.
263 $a1104
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe lure of the history of American law -- The growth of political institutions in Virginia, 1634 to 1676 -- Law and culture in the colonial Chesapeake -- English legal literature as a source of law and practice for seventeenth-century Virginia -- Vignettes of Jamestown -- Sir William Berkeley, a cavalier turned Virginian -- Councils, assemblies, and courts of judicature: the development of representative government in seventeenth-century Virginia -- The law of servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Virginia -- Pleading, procedure, and practice: the meaning of due process of law in seventeenth-century Virginia -- Louisiana legal history and its sources: needs opportunities and approaches -- A judiciary legacy: the last will and testament of François-Xavier Martin -- A neglected treatise: Lewis Kerr's exposition and the making of criminal law in Louisiana -- The Supreme Court of Louisiana and the administration of justice, 1813-1995 -- A bar for Louisiana: origins of the Louisiana State Bar Association -- Mixed jurisdictions and convergence: the Louisiana example -- Politics most foul? Winston Overton's ghost and the Louisiana judicial election of 1934 -- Southern caudillos: Harry F. Byrd, Sr., and Huey P. Long, Jr. -- Needs and opportunities in Virginia's legal history and culture.
650 0 $aLaw$zVirginia$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$yTo 1775.
650 0 $aLaw$zLouisiana$xHistory.
651 0 $aLouisiana$xPolitics and government.