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Murder in the Shenandoah: Making Law Sovereign in Revolutionary Virginia - Studies in Legal History
Lowe, Jessica K. (University of Virginia)
Murder in the Shenandoah: Making Law Sovereign in Revolutionary Virginia - Studies in Legal History
Lowe, Jessica K. (University of Virginia)
Jessica K. Lowe tells the story of Commonwealth v. Crane, exposing deep rifts in post-Revolutionary Virginia and using it to unearth Revolutionary America's gripping debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law. She shows how post-Revolutionary Virginia was gripped by the question of what it means to make law 'sovereign'.
222 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 7, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9781108421782 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 222 |
Dimensions | 158 × 235 × 16 mm · 440 g |
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