Tachau Federal Courts in the Early Republic

Kentucky, 1789-1816
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7132-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

On the basis of both civil and criminal suits, some private and some brought by the government, Professor Tachau demonstrates that the federal courts in Kentucky were immediately accessible, visible, and deeply involved in the lives of the people. The actual legal practice revealed in the records thus contradicts much of the conventional wisdom and traditional assumptions about the "inferiority" of the lower federal judiciary and suggests that a major revision of American legal and constitutional history may be in order.

Originally published in 1978.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Tachau, Mary K. Bonsteel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Acknowledgments, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 1
CHAPTER ONE. The Style, Structure, and Jurisdiction of the Courts, pg. 14
CHAPTER TWO. Judge Harry Innes, pg. 31
CHAPTER THREE. The Personnel of the Courts, pg. 54
CHAPTER FOUR. The Procedures of the Courts, pg. 77
CHAPTER FIVE. The Internal Revenue Laws and Their Enforcement, pg. 95
CHAPTER SIX. Criminal Charges in the Courts, pg. 127
CHAPTER SEVEN. Private Civil Suits in the Courts, pg. 149
CHAPTER EIGHT. Land Cases in the Courts, pg. 167
Conclusion, pg. 191
Appendix A. Private Case Docket of the Federal Courts in Kentucky, pg. 201
Appendix B. Judgments on Private Suits in Kentucky Federal Courts, pg. 203
Appendix C. Cases Brought by the United States in Kentucky Federal Courts, pg. 205
Appendix D. Harry Innes's 1785 Book Order, pg. 208
Appendix E. A Glossary of Terms Used in the Kentucky Federal Courts, pg. 210
Bibliography, pg. 213
Index, pg. 231