To Bring Law Home

by D. Kurt Graham

Book Overview

In this original study, Kurt Graham sheds light on both an understudied institution and an underappreciated period in our nation s judicial history with an examination of the federal judiciarythe district and circuit courtsduring the early national period. Using Rhode Island as a case study, Graham argues that the federal judicial system exerted a significant nationalizing influence on the citizens and states of the new American nation.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804144
• ISBN13: 9780875804149
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher