Research Catalog

Title

The great murdering-heir case : a biography of Riggs v Palmer / William B. Meyer.

Author

Meyer, William B.

Publication

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Details

Additional Authors

EBSCOhost

Description

1 online resource.

Subject

• Palmer, Francis B., -1882 > Will
• Inheritance and succession > United States > History
• Disinheritance > United States > History
• Murder > Law and legislation > History. > United States
• Decedents' estates > United States > History
• Inheritance and succession > United States > Case studies
• Disinheritance > United States > Case studies
• Legal maxims > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

Crime and punishment -- An anomalous decision -- The grounds for rejection -- Explaining an anomaly -- A case transformed -- Riggs, case biography, and legal archaeology -- Epilogue : second lives.

ISBN

• 9781438496368 (electronic bk.)
• 1438496362 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

ebd3946276271

Author

Meyer, William B., author.

Title

The great murdering-heir case : a biography of Riggs v Palmer / William B. Meyer.

Publisher

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on print version record.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Added Author

EBSCOhost

Other Form:

Original 9781438496344 1438496346 (DLC) 2023022984