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Pierson v. Post : the hunt for the fox : law and professionalization in American legal culture / Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto.

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Publisher's description: The 1805 New York foxhunting case Pierson v. Post has long been used in American property law classrooms to introduce law students to the concept of first possession by asking how one establishes possession of a wild animal. In this book, Professor Angela Fernandez rete...

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Main Author: Fernandez, Angela, 1973-
Other title:Pierson versus Post : the hunt for the fox : law and professionalization in American legal culture.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Subjects:
Pierson, Jesse > Trials, litigation, etc.
Post, Lodowick > Trials, litigation, etc.
Property > New York (State) > History > 19th century > Cases.
Foxes > Law and legislation > New York (State) > History > 19th century > Cases.
Property > United States > Philosophy.
Post, Lodowick.
Property > Philosophy.
Trials.
New York (State)
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "The foxe to the huntesman"
  • Solemn foolery
  • Rabelaisian play
  • Local justice
  • Lawyerization
  • The legal fictions needed for a state of nature debate
  • The reporter
  • Mandarization
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices.

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