A Dissertation on the Nature and Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States: Being a Valedictory Address Delivered to the Students of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, at the Close of the Academical Year on 22d April, 1824Arno Press, 1972 - 254 pages This reprint of an 1824 volume is the first book dealing with the subject of federal court jurisdiction. |
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