Backcountry Democracy and the Whiskey Insurrection The Legal Culture and Trials, 1794-1795 |
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| Author:
| Myrsiades, Linda |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-6625-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2024 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Treats the legal culture that informed the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 and its trials. Linda Myrsiades examines conflicts between state and federal courts and the judicial philosophy of Federalist judges, as well as grand jury charges, reports, and bench and defense notes, to develop a portrait of the hegemony of official interpretations of the law.
Treats the legal culture that informed the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 and its trials. Linda Myrsiades examines conflicts between state and federal courts and the judicial philosophy of Federalist judges, as well as grand jury charges, reports, and bench and defense notes, to develop a portrait of the hegemony of official interpretations of the law.