Congress, courts, and criminals : the development of federal criminal law, 1801-1829

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Congress, courts, and criminals : the development of federal criminal law, 1801-1829

Dwight F. Henderson

(Contributions in American history, no. 113)

Greenwood Press, c1985

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Bibliography: p. [221]-233

Includes index

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Henderson has written a most readable book about the development of US federal criminal law between 1801 and 1829. He raises several challenging questions: `How well did the [criminal justice] system protect society? Did the system evolve in relation to social and economic change? What was the role of politics in this evolution? Did oppression occur?' Choice

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