An Essay on the Trial by Jury
- ISBN-10
- 1425518672
- ISBN-13
- 9781425518677
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1852
- Publisher
- Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
- Author
- Lysander Spooner
Description
Satisfactory evidence, though not all the evidence, of what the Common Law trial by jury really is'
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