A Re-Evaluation of Scholarly Explanations for the Rise of the Elective Judiciary in Antebellum America

Caleb E. Nelson;

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A Re-Evaluation of Scholarly Explanations for the Rise of the Elective Judiciary in Antebellum America

Caleb E. Nelson

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American Journal of Legal History

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1993

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Caleb E. Nelson

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Caleb E. Nelson, A Re-Evaluation of Scholarly Explanations for the Rise of the Elective Judiciary in Antebellum America, 37 American Journal of Legal History, 190–224 (1993).

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