Slavery & the Law - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0945612362 ISBN 13: 9780945612360

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998

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This fresh and effective approach permits not only a deeper understanding of American legal history but also a more fundamental examination of the antebellum moral and intellectual justification of slavery. . . . Highly recommended. * Library Journal * These essays present some of the most exciting works being done today on the history of slavery and the law. Drawing on archives to illuminate the law-in-action, and on doctrine and legal theory to illuminate the ideology of slave law, they provide both an introductory overview and exemplary studies that show what historians of law can do to illuminate the social system that was slavery. -- Mark V. Tushnet, author of The American Law of Slavery The eminent contributors here provide sophisticated analyses of slavery-related issues in America from the seventeenth century through abolition. Experts in the field will find this a hearty intellectual banquet; students new to the topic will discover the fascinating and fatal conjunction of race, status, and law in the American experience. -- William C. Wiecek, author of The Sources of Antislavery Constitutionalism in America This superb collection should be read by all who have an interest in the history of slavery in America. Some of our nation's finest scholars explain how the institution helped to shape our past, and continues to affect us today. -- Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family This work will be integral to all period history studies. Highly recommended. * Library Journal *

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In this book, prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War. Slavery & the Law's wide-ranging essays focus on comparative slave law, auctioneering practices, rules of evidence, and property rights, as well as issues of criminality, punishment, and constitutional law.

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• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0945612362
• ISBN 13: 9780945612360
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 478
• Herausgeber: Finkelman Paul