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Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book

Thomas Jefferson

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Belletristik / Hauptwerk vor 1945

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As a law student and young lawyer in the 1760s, Thomas Jefferson began writing abstracts of English common law reports. Even after abandoning his law practice, he continued to rely on his legal commonplace book to document the legal, historical, and philosophical reading that helped shape his new role as a statesman. Indeed, he made entries in the notebook in preparation for his mission to France, as president of the United States, and near the end of his life. This authoritative volume is the first to contain the complete text of Jefferson’s notebook. With more than 900 entries on such thinkers as Beccaria, Montesquieu, and Lord Kames, Jefferson’s Legal Commonplace Book is a fascinating chronicle of the evolution of Jefferson’s searching mind.

Jefferson’s abstracts of common law reports, most published here for the first time, indicate his deepening commitment to whig principles and his incisive understanding of the political underpinnings of the law. As his intellectual interests and political aspirations evolved, so too did the content and composition of his notetaking.

Unlike the only previous edition of Jefferson’s notebook, published in 1926, this edition features a verified text of Jefferson’s entries and full annotation, including essential information on the authors and books he documents. In addition, the volume includes a substantial introduction that places Jefferson’s text in legal, historical, and biographical context.

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English law, Indictment, Operation of law, Warranty, Latrocinium, Oliver Cromwell, V., Divine law, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Code of law, Law book, Administration (probate law), Common law, Jurisdiction, Deed, Tax, Legal practice, Statute merchant, Writ, Book of Prophecies, Statutory law, Petition of Right, Forfeiture (law), Ex post facto law, Alan Watson (legal scholar), Law of the United States, Nisi prius, Remainder (law), Civil law (legal system), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Domesday Book, Prerogative writ, Court of equity, Institutes of the Lawes of England, Statute of Uses, The Spirit of the Laws, Precedent, Rendition (law), Rule of law, Defendant, Legal separation, Admission (law), Court of Chancery, Legal history, Statute, Law French, Quia Emptores, Sumptuary law, Covenant (law), Legal proceeding, Legal treatise, Objection (law), Politique, Pro se legal representation in the United States, Law report, Question of law, Attainder, Bill of attainder, Legal education, Legal science, Coggs v Bernard, Duke of Norfolk's Case, Eyre (legal term), Power of attorney, Court of King's Bench (England), Admiralty law, Habeas corpus, Legal profession, Matthew Hale (jurist), Vassal