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This text presents a view of Thomas Jefferson as a lawyer in private practice. It reviews some of his more famous cases including Edward Livingston and the batture controversy in Louisiana, Bolling vs. Bolling, several slavery cases, questions of religon where the distinction between church law and religious doctrine became an issue, and cases involving public officials, possibly even an early form of police brutality.Dumbauld, Edward is the author of 'Thomas Jefferson and the Law', published 1978 under ISBN 9780806114415 and ISBN 080611441X.
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