Author: William H. LoydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Early Courts of Pennsylvania
Author: William H. LoydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Early Courts of Pennsylvania
Author: Wiilliam H. LoydPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537166414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This volume, which is a part of the University of Pennsylvania Law School Series, constitutes a commendable effort to contribute to the understanding of the historic development of American law. As the author states, colonial legal history has not received the attention it deserves. It is, indeed, a rich field in which nearly every phase of judicial and legislative law-making is illustrated. The history of the colony of Pennsylvania is especially interesting, as it takes its beginning with the political and legal ideas of Penn. The author has studied the development of the entire system of courts in Pennsylvania down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The work is founded upon direct research in all the available sources. The value of this book is enhanced by the manner of treatment; the author does not confine himself to a study of the organization of courts, but in dealing with their jurisdiction and methods, he presents an abundance of interesting material which throws light upon the general development of law in the colonial era and the early decades of the Commonwealth. The book is thus of permanent value, and constitutes a building stone in the slowly growing edifice of American legal history. -University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 59
The Early Courts of Pennsylvania
Author: William H. LoydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
An Early Chapter in the History of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1684-1722
Author: Albert Smith FaughtThe Early Courts of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)
Author: William H. LoydPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330976593
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Excerpt from The Early Courts of Pennsylvania This account of the early courts of Pennsylvania is the outcome of some lectures delivered as an auxiliary course in the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. Their purpose was to describe briefly the establishment and development of the courts in the colonial period. That our ancestors should have expressed such profound admiration for the common law while deviating so widely from it in practice, must have puzzled many who have not learned to put a true value upon the flights of forensic oratory. History alone supplies the key, and colonial legal history has not received the attention it deserves. The absence of reports, the destruction of many records and the inaccessibility of those that have been preserved, have all contributed to discourage work in a field usually abandoned to the antiquarian. But as American law increases in importance, the story of its obscure beginnings will require careful consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Early Courts of Pennsylvania
Author: William H. LoydPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781354296332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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Embattled Bench
Author: Gail Stuart RowePublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874135268
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
"This work is the first intensive, scholarly study of the early Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Moreover, it is the first investigation of an early American court from the perspective of broad developments within early society. As such it provides the first serious look at a judicial institution shaping the community within which it functioned and being shaped in turn by forces and developments within that society. The book traces the evolution of the personnel, proceedings, and language of the Pennsylvania high court from its founding in May 1684 to its restructuring under the judicial reforms of 1809." "Rowe thoroughly demonstrates an important change in the court's institutional focus during the American Revolution when the court exhibited both an enhanced interest in the outcome of government prosecutions and a greater concern for the rights of individuals facing criminal charges. The growth of the court's powers are traced as are its accomplishments over time, especially after 1778. Also demonstrated is the process by which the court challenged the executive and legislative branches for authority within the state. Accordingly, the work describes the court's move toward the exercise of judicial review prior to Marshall's landmark Marbury v. Madison (1803) ruling and the course by which the high bench came to be viewed by many as an aristocratic forum, a menace and a barrier to the growth of democracy in Pennsylvania. Rowe examines the steps taken by popular forces in the early nineteenth century to diminish the court's impact and influence, as well as the attempts to remove or intimidate the court's judges." "The importance of this work lies in its evaluation of the court's impact on early Pennsylvanians, white and nonwhite, free and unfree, male and female, young and old, rich and poor. Also documented are the changing role of the court in politics and the evolution of the court's personnel toward greater professionalism. Finally, this book carefully traces the mounting conflict centering on the court as its values and practices increasingly came into conflict with the democratic forces, aspirations, and developments within the state."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Select Cases in Equity Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County)Publisher:
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Category : Equity
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Legal Chronicle Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and in the Courts of the First, Second, Third [and Other] ... Judicial Districts of Pennsylvania
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Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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