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 notebook in preparation for his mission to France, as president of the United States, and near the end of his life. This authoritative volume is the first to contain the complete text of Jefferson’s notebook. With more than 900 entries on such thinkers as Beccaria, Montesquieu, and Lord Kames, Jefferson’s Legal Commonplace Book is a fascinating chronicle of the evolution of Jefferson’s searching mind. Jefferson’s abstracts of common law reports, most published here for the first time, indicate his deepening commitment to whig principles and his incisive understanding of the political underpinnings of the law. As his intellectual interests and political aspirations evolved, so too did the content and composition of his notetaking. Unlike the only previous edition of Jefferson’s notebook, published in 1926, this edition features a verified text of Jefferson’s entries and full annotation, including essential information on the authors and books he documents. In addition, the volume includes a substantial introduction that places Jefferson’s text in legal, historical, and biographical context.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Thomas
• Assisted by: David Thomas Konig (Editor), Konig David Thomas (Editor), Michael Zuckert (Editor), Michael P. Zuckert (Editor), Zuckert Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2019
• EAN: 9780691187891
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18789-1
• No. of pages: 692
• Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; 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