LEADER 04325nam 22007333u 450 001 9910787722403321 005 20230607231607.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000517799 035 $a(EBL)1354795 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001549129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16158018 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001549129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14806077 035 $a(PQKB)10479211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354795 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000517799 100 $a20131223d2001|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlavery & the Law$b[electronic resource] 210 $aLanham $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (477 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-945612-36-2 327 $aTitle 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 327 $a5 A Federal Assault: African-Americans and the Impactof the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton6 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 327 $a9 Pandora's Box: Slave Character on Trial inthe Antebellum Deep South Ariela Gross10 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 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aSlavery$xHistory$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aSlavery$xHistory$xLaw and legislation 606 $aConstitutional Law - U.S$2HILCC 606 $aLaw - U.S$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory$xLaw and legislation 615 7$aConstitutional Law - U.S. 615 7$aLaw - U.S. 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 676 $a342.73/087 676 $a347.30287 700 $aFinkelman$b Paul$0626812 701 $aBell$b Derrick$01201621 701 $aBush$b Jonathan A$0297679 701 $aCorre?$b Jacob I$01498788 701 $aCurtis$b Michael Kent$01498789 701 $aFisher III$b William W$01498790 701 $aGross$b Ariela$01498791 701 $aHorton$b James Oliver$0914657 701 $aHorton$b Lois$01498792 701 $aLevinson$b Sanford$01090954 701 $aMorris$b Thomas D$01201627 701 $aRussell$b Thomas D$01498793 701 $aSchafer$b Judith Kelleher$01498794 701 $aWatson$b Alan$f1933-2018.$0205488 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787722403321 996 $aSlavery & the Law$93724431 997 $aUNINA