Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book (Papers of T, Jefferson, Konig, Zuckert^+

Jefferson's Legal Commonplace BookAuthor(s): Thomas Jefferson, David Thomas Konig, Michael Zuckert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691187891, 978-0691187891\nSynopsis\nAs a law student and young lawyer in the 1760s, Thomas Jefferson began writing abstracts of English common law reports. Even after abandoning his law practice, he continued to rely on his legal commonplace book to document the legal, historical, and philosophical reading that helped shape his new role as a statesman. Indeed, he made entries in the notebook in preparation for his mission to France, as president of the United States, and near the end of his life. This authoritative volume is the first to contain the complete text of Jeffersons notebook. With more than 900 entries on such thinkers as Beccaria, Montesquieu, and Lord Kames, Jeffersons Legal Commonplace Book is a fascinating chronicle of the evolution of Jeffersons sea.