Writing the Legal Record: Law Reporters in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky

by Kurt X Metzmeier

Any student of American history knows of Washington, Jefferson, and the other statesmen who penned the documents that form the legal foundations of our nation, but many other great minds contributed to the development of the young republic's judicial system--figures such as William Littell, Ben Monroe, and John J. Marshall. These men, some of Kentucky's earliest law reporters, are the forgotten trailblazers who helped establish the foundation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813168600
• ISBN13: 9780813168609
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary