
Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation
Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution
Apraksts
The Burr trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, pitted President Thomas Jefferson, Chief Justice John Marshall and former Vice President Aaron Burr in a three-way contest that tracked the political and cultural differences of the new republic. The law that came out of the trial left a permanent mark on American history.
