Servants of the law : judicial politics on the California frontier 1849-89 : an interpretive exploration of the Field-Terry controversy

Servants of the law : judicial politics on the California frontier 1849-89 : an interpretive exploration of the Field-Terry controversy /

This book examines the lives of two famous California judges, David S. Terry and Stephen J. Field, who created a lasting influence on the politics and judicial history of California's Supreme Court during the court's formative years of 1855 to 1865.

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Main Author: Burrill, Donald R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America Inc., 2011
Subjects:
Field, Stephen J. > (Stephen Johnson), > 1816-1899.
Terry, David S. > (David Smith), > 1823-1889.
California. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century.
Judges > California > Biography.
Law > California > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • El Dorado
  • A hasty footpath to statehood
  • From Roman law to common law : juris civilus of use and custom
  • A judicial activist
  • Justices of the Supreme Court of California
  • Persona non grata
  • Growing resentments
  • Political dreams
  • Jus et fraus numquam cohabitant (law and fraud never cohabit)
  • Injury unrequited
  • Dishonor in absentia.

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