Legitimating the law
Subtitle: the struggle for judicial competency in early national New Hampshire
By: John Phillip Reid
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: DeKalb, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780875804514; 9781609090593
Subjects: Politics and government; Administration of Justice; Courts; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The arena of the giants; title: An unschooled judge; title: Federalist Indian summer; title: Federalist apostate; title: A "law" governor; title: In judicial depths; title: Legislative hegemony; title: Dependent court, reluctant chief; title: Contesting courts; title: Judicial interregnum; title: Addressing out the judges; title: A receptionist court; title: Judicial legacy.