In 1773 John Adams observed that one source of tension in the debate between England and the colonies could be traced to the different conceptions each side had of the terms "legally" and "constitutionally"--different conceptions that were, as Shannon Stimson here demonstrates, symptomatic of deeper jurisprudential, political, and even epistemological differences between the two governmental outlooks. This study of the political and legal thought of the American revolution and founding period explores the differences ...
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In 1773 John Adams observed that one source of tension in the debate between England and the colonies could be traced to the different conceptions each side had of the terms "legally" and "constitutionally"--different conceptions that were, as Shannon Stimson here demonstrates, symptomatic of deeper jurisprudential, political, and even epistemological differences between the two governmental outlooks. This study of the political and legal thought of the American revolution and founding period explores the differences between late eighteenth-century British and American perceptions of the judicial and jural power. In Stimson's book, which will interest both historians and theorists of law and politics, the study of colonial juries provides an incisive tool for organizing, interpreting, and evaluating various strands of American political theory, and for challenging the common assumption of a basic unity of vision of the roots of Anglo-American jurisprudence. The author introduces an original concept, that of "judicial space," to account for the development of the highly political role of the Supreme Court, a judicial body that has no clear counterpart in English jurisprudence. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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VG in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x1x8; 1st edition, Princeton University Press hardcover w/ DJ, 1990. Book is VG, w/ clean text, solid binding. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Free delivery confirmation.
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Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 12mo, hard cover, 228pp. edgewear, rubbing, scratches, dust jacket. slight spine slant, cover. owner stamp inside front cover, clean, tight, text. legal history.
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Very Good Plus. First Printing. A first-rate study. Stimson covers the basic issues from jury trial to judicial independence to the emerging concept of judicial review. She concludes with an analysis of Marshall's work. Superb bibliography. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover.
