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The dimensions of non-legal evidence in the American judicial process : the Supreme Court's use of extra-legal materials in the twentieth century / John W. Johnson.
- Title
- The dimensions of non-legal evidence in the American judicial process : the Supreme Court's use of extra-legal materials in the twentieth century / John W. Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, John W., 1946-
- Publication
- New York : Garland, 1990.
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- Description
- 353 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Distinguished studies in American legal and constitutional history
- Uniform Title
- Distinguished studies in American legal and constitutional history.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Minnesota University, 1974.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-350).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The need for a further study of the role of non-legal materials in the American judicial process -- Extrinsic aids in the courts : a survey of pre-twentieth century practices -- The sources of non-legal evidence; some reflections on its relative absence in the nineteenth century -- The revolution in the citation of non-legal materials, 1908-1933 -- The use of extra-legal evidence by the U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-1970 -- The incidence of non-legal evidence in the U.S. Supreme Court opinions : a recapitulation.
- ISBN
- 0824000250
- LCCN
- ^^^90038271^
- OCLC
- 21873504
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library