03015nam 2200649 450 991072865400332120211021143932.01-3995-0182-81-4744-8202-310.1515/9781474482028(CKB)5590000000447568(MiAaPQ)EBC6543691(Au-PeEL)EBL6543691(OCoLC)1246576506(StDuBDS)EDZ0002656617(DE-B1597)614393(DE-B1597)9781474482028(OCoLC)1312726069(ScCtBLL)113dac99-e168-488c-a53d-b09a375a7d06(EXLCZ)99559000000044756820210305d2021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Confederate jurist the legal life of Judah P. Benjamin /William C. Gilmore ; foreword by Stephen C. Neff[electronic resource]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2021.1 online resource (173 pages)Edinburgh scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.1-4744-8200-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.Edinburgh scholarship online.Jewish lawyersUnited StatesBiographyJewish lawyersEnglandBiographyLawyersUnited StatesBiographyLawyersEnglandBiographyJewish statesmenConfederate States of AmericaBiographyStatesmenConfederate States of AmericaBiographyBiographieslcgftJewish lawyersJewish lawyersLawyersLawyersJewish statesmenStatesmen340.092Gilmore William C.779914StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910728654003321The Confederate jurist3361372UNINA