Law in the Wilderness: An Annotated Bibliography of Legal Materials of Prestatehood Kentucky, 1774-1792
Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia, Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press, 2006
Posted: 3 Apr 2007
Abstract
A guide to the foundations of law in Kentucky contained in fundamental documents created during its early years as a Virginia territory up to its emergence as a state. Includes an extensive index to Virginia statutes regarding prestatehood Kentucky, including the charter documents of many existing counties, cities, and institutions of the state. Chapter 18 of Michael Chiorazzi and Marguerite Most, eds., Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia (Binghamton, New York Haworth Press, 2006).
Keywords: Kentucky, Virginia, legal history
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