A dissertation on the nature and extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States : being a valedictory address delivered to the students of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, at the close of the academical year, on the 22d April, 1824 / by Peter S. Du Ponceau ; to which are added, A brief sketch of the national judiciary powers exercised in the United States prior to the adoption of the present federal Constitution, by Thomas Sergeant ; and the author's Discourse on legal education, delivered at the opening of the Law Academy, in February, 1821. With an appendix and notes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.

Contributor:

Law Academy of Philadelphia.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Sergeant, Thomas, 1782-1860.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--United States.

Courts.

United States.

Jurisdiction--United States.

Jurisdiction.

Law--Study and teaching.

Law.

Penn Provenance:

Chester, Henry (autograph)

Russ, Augustus, b. 1826 or 7 (autograph) (stamp)

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 254 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by Abraham Small, 1824.

Notes:

Includes index of cases.

Includes bibliographical references and index and errata.

Rebound.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph and stamp of Augustus Russ, Counsellor at Law, Boston.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry Chester (?) with line drawn through it.

Cited in:

Shoemaker, 16014

Sabin 21380

Shoemaker 16014

Contains:

Sergeant, Thomas, 1782-1860. Brief sketch of the national judiciary powers exercised in the United States, from the first settlement of the colonies to the time of the adoption of the present federal Constitution.

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844. Address delivered at the opening of the Law Academy in Philadelphia.

Brief sketch of the national judiciary powers exercised in the United States, from the first settlement of the colonies to the time of the adoption of the present federal Constitution.

Address delivered at the opening of the Law Academy in Philadelphia.

OCLC:

3279545