Henry Clay the Lawyer

By Maurice G. Baxter

Book Overview

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 speciali

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813121477
• ISBN13: 9780813121475
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher