Murder in the Shenandoah : making law sovereign in revolutionary Virginia / Jessica K. Lowe, University of Virginia.
2019
KF223.C685 L69 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
Murder in the Shenandoah : making law sovereign in revolutionary Virginia / Jessica K. Lowe, University of Virginia.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Studies in legal history.
Formatted Contents Note
The facts of the fight
The making of a Republican judge
Examination : class, procedure, and local courts in Crane's Virginia
The bloody code and the logic of legal reform
Indictment : power shifts and power continuities in Virginia's courts
Crane's trial and its "imperfect" verdict
"That stigma on my character" : judges, judicial review, and "Republican" interpretation of the laws
Murder or manslaughter? : Crane's special verdict at the General Court
Pardon request : mercy and Crane's "lunatic fits."
The making of a Republican judge
Examination : class, procedure, and local courts in Crane's Virginia
The bloody code and the logic of legal reform
Indictment : power shifts and power continuities in Virginia's courts
Crane's trial and its "imperfect" verdict
"That stigma on my character" : judges, judicial review, and "Republican" interpretation of the laws
Murder or manslaughter? : Crane's special verdict at the General Court
Pardon request : mercy and Crane's "lunatic fits."
Note
Includes index.
Call Number
KF223.C685 L69 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781108421782 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1108421784 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1108421784 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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