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From Treason to Runaway Slaves

- Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808
Af: Linda Myrsiades Engelsk Hardback

From Treason to Runaway Slaves

- Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808
Af: Linda Myrsiades Engelsk Hardback
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Law in early America was culturally special, not just a foundation for history but for the culture that bound the nation and its collective identity. From Treason to Runaway Slaves studies six high-profile trials (military order, Indian murder, land seizure, treason, libel, interracial urban crime) that incorporate themes to which the early republic attached special significance. The trials demonstrate the criticality of legal culture and legal history and the central role of the rule of law in a democracy. Tracking the new nation’s bitterest and most challenging moments, we are led to ask what lies below the surface; what is American society really like; how did we come to be who we are?

The book fits into the area of eighteenth-century legal culture and history, tracing across the chapters the development of early American law during the critical formative period 1783 to 1808 and focusing on important historical moments (courts martial in the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic, runaway slaves, among others). It attends to such areas of law as treason, libel, land law, murder, and racial justice as well as the growth of a legal profession and the changing influence of judges, juries, and lawyers.

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Law in early America was culturally special, not just a foundation for history but for the culture that bound the nation and its collective identity. From Treason to Runaway Slaves studies six high-profile trials (military order, Indian murder, land seizure, treason, libel, interracial urban crime) that incorporate themes to which the early republic attached special significance. The trials demonstrate the criticality of legal culture and legal history and the central role of the rule of law in a democracy. Tracking the new nation’s bitterest and most challenging moments, we are led to ask what lies below the surface; what is American society really like; how did we come to be who we are?

The book fits into the area of eighteenth-century legal culture and history, tracing across the chapters the development of early American law during the critical formative period 1783 to 1808 and focusing on important historical moments (courts martial in the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic, runaway slaves, among others). It attends to such areas of law as treason, libel, land law, murder, and racial justice as well as the growth of a legal profession and the changing influence of judges, juries, and lawyers.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 298
ISBN-13: 9781683933847
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1683933842
Udg. Dato: 20 nov 2023
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 159mm
Højde: 237mm
Forlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Oplagsdato: 20 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): Linda Myrsiades
Forfatter(e) Linda Myrsiades


Kategori Den Amerikanske Revolution


ISBN-13 9781683933847


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 298


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 159mm


Højde 237mm


Udg. Dato 20 nov 2023


Oplagsdato 20 nov 2023


Forlag Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

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