Henry Clay the Lawyer / Maurice G. Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Maurice G. (Maurice Glen), 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

United States.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.

Clay, Henry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay (1777-1852) maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor both to the early development of the U.S. legal system and to the interaction between law and politics in pre-Civil War America.During the years of Clay's practice, modern American law was taking shape, building on the English experience but working out the new rules and precedents that a changing and growing society required. Clay specialized in property law, a natural choice at a time of entangled land claims, ill-defined boundaries, and

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Legal Scene; 2. Early Practice; 3. Economic Issues; 4. Banking; 5. Nonconstitutional Business; 6. Slavery; 7. Overview; Appendix: Table of Clay's Cases; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-133) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813193908

0813193907

9780813159553

0813159555

OCLC:

607418978