Jefferson''s Legal Commonplace Book

Informationen zum Autor David Thomas Konig is professor of law and professor emeritus of history at Washington University in St. Louis. Michael P. Zuckert is the Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University. A collection of Thomas Jefferson's writings in his legal commonplace book, a notebook of his thoughts on law. Zusammenfassung As a law student and young lawyer in the 1760s, Thomas Jefferson began writing abstracts of English common law reports. Even after abandoning his law practice, he continued to rely on his legal commonplace book to document the legal, historical, and philosophical reading that helped shape his new role as a statesman. Indeed, he made entries in the

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Thomas
• Mitarbeit: David Thomas Konig (Herausgeber), Konig David Thomas (Herausgeber), Michael Zuckert (Herausgeber), Michael P. Zuckert (Herausgeber), Zuckert Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.04.2019
• EAN: 9780691187891
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18789-1
• Seiten: 692
• Serie: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: historical, political & military, LAW / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, c 1800 to c 1900, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, c 1800 to c 1809