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The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation
R. Kent Newmyer
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Paperback. The Burr trial pitted Marshall, Jefferson and Burr in a dramatic three-way contest that left a permanent mark on the new nation. Series: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution. Num Pages: 242 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330. Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation. Series: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution. 237 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 map. The Burr trial pitted Marshall, Jefferson and Burr in a dramatic three-way contest that left a permanent mark on the new nation. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 14. Weight: 330.
The Burr treason trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, was significant for several reasons. The legal proceedings lasted seven months and featured some of the nation's best lawyers. It also pitted President Thomas Jefferson (who declared Burr guilty without the benefit of a trial and who masterminded the prosecution), Chief Justice John Marshall (who sat as a trial judge in the federal circuit court in Richmond) and former Vice President Aaron Burr (who was accused of planning to separate the western states from the Union) against each other. At issue, in addition to the life of ... Read more
The Burr treason trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, was significant for several reasons. The legal proceedings lasted seven months and featured some of the nation's best lawyers. It also pitted President Thomas Jefferson (who declared Burr guilty without the benefit of a trial and who masterminded the prosecution), Chief Justice John Marshall (who sat as a trial judge in the federal circuit court in Richmond) and former Vice President Aaron Burr (who was accused of planning to separate the western states from the Union) against each other. At issue, in addition to the life of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107606616
SKU
V9781107606616
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About R. Kent Newmyer
Kent Newmyer received his PhD in history from the University of Nebraska in 1959. From 1960 to 1997, he taught American history at the University of Connecticut. Since 1997, he has been Professor of Law and History at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He has taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in American history, specializing ... Read more
Reviews for The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation
'The noted constitutional scholar R. Kent Newmyer's latest book illumines the ways 'law and politics were inseparably connected' in the 1807 treason trial of former vice president Aaron Burr, who was accused of attempting to take portions of the United States for his own … Throughout the book Newmyer writes with authority, both relying on the words of the participants ... Read more