Slavery & the law
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&...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
Madison House
1996.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3466953x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Learning the three "I"s of America's slave heritage / Derrick Bell
- Ideology and imagery in the law of slavery / William W. Fisher III
- Slavery in the canon of constitutional law / Sanford Levinson
- Chief Justice Hornblower of New Jersey and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 / Paul Finkelman
- Federal assault / James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton
- Crisis over the impending crisis / Michael Kent Curtis
- Slaves and the rules of evidence in criminal trials / Thomas D. Morris
- Details are of a most revolting character / Judith Kelleher Schafer
- Pandora's box / Ariela Gross
- Slave auctions on the courthouse steps / Thomas D. Russell
- Seventeenth-century jurists, Roman law, and slavery / Alan Watson
- British constitution and the creation of American slavery / Jonathan A. Bush
- Thinking property at Rome / Alan Watson
- Thinking property at Memphis / Jacob I. Corré.
