The jury in Lincoln's America
By: Stacy Pratt McDermott
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821419564
Subjects: Administration of Justice; Jury; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jury law and tradition in the antebellum Midwest; title: The composition of juries in Sangamon County, Illinois, 1830/60; title: The work of jurors in the antebellum Illinois courtroom; title: The struggle for legal power in Lincoln's America.