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The Transformation of the American Civil Trial: The Silent Judge

Renée Lettow Lerner

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Previously, regional differences had not been emphasized.Partly, this was because legal historians' work tended to focus on northern states, where records are better.An exception was a recognition of the importance of western states in the spread of the Field Code and codification generally.See, e.g.,

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Previously, regional differences had not been emphasized.Partly, this was because legal historians' work tended to focus on northern states, where records are better.An exception was a recognition of the importance of western states in the spread of the Field Code and codification generally.See, e.g.,

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Previously, regional differences had not been emphasized.Partly, this was because legal historians' work tended to focus on northern states, where records are better.An exception was a recognition of the importance of western states in the spread of the Field Code and codification generally.See, e.g.,

Key concepts: Jury, Law, Jury trial, Political science, Power (physics), Punitive damages, Civil procedure, Independence (probability theory)

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