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The Language Of Law: Interpreting Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
The Language Of Law: Interpreting Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
Arthur Mitchell Fraas
The documentary record produced in the course of 19th century American legal proceedings remains one of the greatest sources for understanding the everyday lives of the middling and non-elite who otherwise rarely rise to the surface of the historical record. This documentation though has often gone unused or misused thanks to the circumstances of its production and the difficulties of parsing the specialized language used within. Documents produced for use in a courtroom always have multiple layers of meaning, each intended with different purposes and audiences in mind. Formulaic language and confusing tangles of proceedings and filings too often get …
From India To The Atlantic World: "Indian Grants" And The Imperial Jurisprudence Of The Eighteenth Century, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
From India To The Atlantic World: "Indian Grants" And The Imperial Jurisprudence Of The Eighteenth Century, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
Arthur Mitchell Fraas
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Readers, Scribes, And Collectors: The Dissemination Of Legal Knowledge In Eighteenth-Century British South Asia, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
Readers, Scribes, And Collectors: The Dissemination Of Legal Knowledge In Eighteenth-Century British South Asia, Arthur Mitchell Fraas
Arthur Mitchell Fraas
This draft paper - first presented at the Middle Eastern Studies Association annual conference in 2012 - looks at the circulation of legal knowledge in print and manuscript in eighteenth-century British India.