Blackstone in America : selected essays of Kathryn Preyer /
Preyer, Kathryn,1924-2005.
Bilder, Mary Sarah.
Marcus, Maeva,1941-
Newmyer, R. Kent.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Federalist policy and the Judiciary Act of 1801 -- The appointment of Chief Justice Marshall -- The midnight judges -- U.S. v. Callender : judge and jury in a Republican society -- Penal measures in the American colonies : an overview -- Crime, the criminal law, and reform in post-revolutionary Virginia -- Jurisdiction to punish : federal authority, federalism, and the common law of crimes in the early Republic -- Cesare Beccaria and the founding fathers -- Two enlightened criminal law reformers : Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and Peter Leopold.
Preyer, Kathryn, 1924-2005.
Common law
Judicial review
Federal government
Justice, Administration of