John Marshall: A Life in Law
- ISBN-10
- 0020017006
- ISBN-13
- 9780020017004
- Series
- John Marshall
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 846
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Collier Books
- Author
- Leonard Baker
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