Servants of the law : judicial politics on the California frontier 1849-89 : an interpretive exploration of the Field-Terry controversy / Donald R. Burrill.
2011
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Author
Title
Servants of the law : judicial politics on the California frontier 1849-89 : an interpretive exploration of the Field-Terry controversy / Donald R. Burrill.
Published
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America Inc., [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KF354.C3 .B87 2011
ISBN
9780761848912 (pbk.: alk. paper)
0761848916 (pbk.: alk. paper)
0761848916 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 294 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)466358845
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Foreword
vii
Preface
ix
1.
El Dorado
1
2.
A Hasty Footpath to Statehood
28
3.
From Roman Law to Common Law: Juris Civilus of Use and Custom
52
4.
A Judicial Activist
72
5.
Justices of the Supreme Court of California
106
6.
Persona non Grata
130
7.
Growing Resentments
143
8.
Political Dreams
169
9.
Jus et Fraus Numquam Cohabitant (Law and Fraud Never Cohabit)
196
10.
Injury Unrequited
230
11.
Dishonor in Absentia
254
Selected Bibliography
277
Index
287