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Record Nr.

UNISA996552345403316

Autore

Gilmore William C.

Titolo

The Confederate jurist : the legal life of Judah P. Benjamin / / William C. Gilmore ; foreword by Stephen C. Neff [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-3995-0182-8

1-4744-8202-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Edinburgh scholarship online

Disciplina

340.092

Soggetti

Jewish lawyers - United States

Jewish lawyers - England

Lawyers - United States

Lawyers - England

Jewish statesmen - Confederate States of America

Statesmen - Confederate States of America

Biographies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Table of Cases -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Benjamin’s Emergence as an American Lawyer and Politician -- 2. Slavery, Secession and Benjamin’s Confederate Years -- 3. Benjamin’s Exile and Professional Rebirth -- 4. The Rise and Rise of Benjamin the Barrister -- 5. Concluding Reflections -- Appendix 1 – The Great Escape: Benjamin’s Flight into Exile -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in the common law world in the second half of the 19th century. Drawing on a range of primary source materials including newspaper articles, case law and extensive archival research in the UK and USA, it charts his rise as a lawyer first in the mixed legal system of Louisiana and then nationally.