St. George Tucker's Law Reports and Selected Papers, 1782-1825, 3 Vol Set

Best known for his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, St. George Tucker (1752-1827), a lawyer and judge in the state and federal courts of Virginia, played a central role in the legal history of post-Revolutionary Virginia and of the new nation. This comprehensive three-volume edition of Tucker's law reports and selected loose papers, edited by Charles F. Hobson, is an unsurpassed archive for studying the republicanization of the common law as it unfolded in the commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, Tucker's papers provide an invaluable source for tracking Virginia's efforts to establish a system of state superior courts operating alongside the older county court system dating from the colonial period.
Tucker's reports fill a documentary gap caused by the 1865 fire that destroyed Virginia's higher court records. The editor's general introduction supplies an informative overview of Tucker's life and judicial career. Editorial aids and appendixes include a guide to Tucker's abbreviations, a short-title bibliography, a glossary of selected legal terms, a biographical register of the Virginia bench and bar, and correspondence and documents relating to the rupture between Tucker and Spencer Roane.

Author: Charles F. Hobson
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C
Published: 01/28/2013
Pages: 2064
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 7.25lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 5.30d
ISBN: 9780807837214

About the Author
Hobson, Charles F.: - Charles F. Hobson, formerly editor of The Papers of John Marshall, is a resident scholar at the William and Mary School of Law.