Title: Blackstone in America : selected essays of Kathryn Preyer /
Authors: Bilder, Mary Sarah; Marcus, Maeva, 1941-; Newmyer, R. Kent.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Preyer, Kathryn,; Preyer, Kathryn; Common law United States History.; Judicial review United States History; Federal government United States History; Justice, Administration of United States History.
Contents: 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.