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St. George Tucker's Law Reports and Selected Papers, 1782-1825
. Ed(S): Hobson, Charles F.; Lovelace, Joan S.
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"Sponsored by The College of William and Mary, The William and Mary School of Law, and The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture." Editor(s): Hobson, Charles F.; Lovelace, Joan S. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 2064 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; LAZ; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 135. Weight in Grams: 3289.
Best known for his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, St. George Tucker (1752-1827), a lawyer and judge in the state and federal courts of Virginia, played a central role in the legal history of post-Revolutionary Virginia and of the new nation. This comprehensive three-volume edition of Tucker's law reports and selected loose papers, edited by Charles F. Hobson, is an unsurpassed archive for studying the ""republicanization"" of the common law as it unfolded in the commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, Tucker's papers provide an invaluable source for tracking Virginia's efforts to establish a system of state superior courts operating alongside the ... Read more
Best known for his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, St. George Tucker (1752-1827), a lawyer and judge in the state and federal courts of Virginia, played a central role in the legal history of post-Revolutionary Virginia and of the new nation. This comprehensive three-volume edition of Tucker's law reports and selected loose papers, edited by Charles F. Hobson, is an unsurpassed archive for studying the ""republicanization"" of the common law as it unfolded in the commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, Tucker's papers provide an invaluable source for tracking Virginia's efforts to establish a system of state superior courts operating alongside the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
2064
Condition
New
Series
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Number of Pages
2064
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807837214
SKU
V9780807837214
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About . Ed(S): Hobson, Charles F.; Lovelace, Joan S.
Charles F. Hobson, formerly editor of The Papers of John Marshall, is a resident scholar at the William and Mary School of Law.
Reviews for St. George Tucker's Law Reports and Selected Papers, 1782-1825
St. George Tucker belongs with James Kent as one of the most important and influential legal thinkers of the post-Revolutionary era. His reports provide crucial insight into the legal debates shaping major ideological issues such as slavery, crime and punishment, debt regulation, the power between church and state, judicial review, and the common law in the new nation. Through the ... Read more