The Jeffersonian Crisis: Courts and Politics in the Young RepublicA revealing picture of American attitudes toward the judiciary and the developing court system. |
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The Jeffersonian Crisis: Courts and Politics in the Young Republic Richard E. Ellis Limited preview - 1971 |
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Page 350 - Sampson Against the Philistines or the Reformation of Lawsuits and Justice made cheap, speedy and brought home to every man's door agreeably to the Principles of the Ancient Trial by Jury before the same was innovated by Judges and Lawyers,