Bell, Derrick.
Slavery & the Law. - 1 online resource (477 pages)
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Centrality of Slavery in American Legal Development Paul Finkelman -- Part I Theories of Democracy and the Law of Slavery -- 1 Learning the Three "I''s of America's Slave Heritage Derrick Bell -- 2 Ideology and Imagery in the Law of SlaveryWilliam W Fisher III -- Part II Constitutional Law and Slavery -- 3 Slavery in the Canon of Constitutional LawSanford Levinson -- 4 Chief Justice Hornblower of New Jersey andthe Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 Paul Finkelman -- 5 A Federal Assault: African-Americans and the Impactof the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton -- 6 The Crisis Over The Impending Crisis:Free Speech,Slavery, and the Fourteenth AmendmentMichael Kent Curtis -- Part III Criminal and Civil Law of Slavery -- 7 Slaves and the Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials Thomas D. Morris -- 8 "Details are of a Most Revolting Character": Cruelty to Slaves as Seen in Appeals to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Judith Kelleher Schafer -- The Unreported Case of Humphreysv. Utz -- 9 Pandora's Box: Slave Character on Trial inthe Antebellum Deep South Ariela Gross -- 10 Slave Auctions on the Courthouse Steps: 329Court Sales of Slaves in Antebellum South Carolina Thomas D. Russell -- Part IV Comparative Law and Slavery -- 11 Seventeenth-CenturyJurists, Roman Law, and Slavery Alan Watson -- 12 The British Constitution and the Creation of American SlaveryJonathan A. Bush -- 13 Thinking Property at Rome Alan Watson -- 14 Thinking Property at Memphis: An Application of Watson Jacob I. Corre -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
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.
9781461642343
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- History.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
KF4545.S5 -- .S577 1997eb
347.30287
Slavery & the Law. - 1 online resource (477 pages)
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Centrality of Slavery in American Legal Development Paul Finkelman -- Part I Theories of Democracy and the Law of Slavery -- 1 Learning the Three "I''s of America's Slave Heritage Derrick Bell -- 2 Ideology and Imagery in the Law of SlaveryWilliam W Fisher III -- Part II Constitutional Law and Slavery -- 3 Slavery in the Canon of Constitutional LawSanford Levinson -- 4 Chief Justice Hornblower of New Jersey andthe Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 Paul Finkelman -- 5 A Federal Assault: African-Americans and the Impactof the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton -- 6 The Crisis Over The Impending Crisis:Free Speech,Slavery, and the Fourteenth AmendmentMichael Kent Curtis -- Part III Criminal and Civil Law of Slavery -- 7 Slaves and the Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials Thomas D. Morris -- 8 "Details are of a Most Revolting Character": Cruelty to Slaves as Seen in Appeals to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Judith Kelleher Schafer -- The Unreported Case of Humphreysv. Utz -- 9 Pandora's Box: Slave Character on Trial inthe Antebellum Deep South Ariela Gross -- 10 Slave Auctions on the Courthouse Steps: 329Court Sales of Slaves in Antebellum South Carolina Thomas D. Russell -- Part IV Comparative Law and Slavery -- 11 Seventeenth-CenturyJurists, Roman Law, and Slavery Alan Watson -- 12 The British Constitution and the Creation of American SlaveryJonathan A. Bush -- 13 Thinking Property at Rome Alan Watson -- 14 Thinking Property at Memphis: An Application of Watson Jacob I. Corre -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
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.
9781461642343
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- History.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
KF4545.S5 -- .S577 1997eb
347.30287