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The Long, Lingering Shadow
Students of American history know of the law’s critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a …
Fathers of Conscience
This book offers a new look at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. ""Fathers of Conscience"" examines high-court decisions in the …
Defending Constitutional Rights
Perceptive writings and opinions of a powerful figure in twentieth-century civil rights legislation Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson of Alabama decided many of the most important …
Origins of the Dred Scott Case
The Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and enabled slavery's westward expansion. It has long stood as a grievous instance of justice …
James McHenry, Forgotten Federalist
A Scots-Irish immigrant, James McHenry determined to make something of his life. Trained as a physician, he joined the American Revolution when war broke out. He then switched to a …
Peculiar Humanism
In early-nineteenth-century America, and especially in the Old South, the use of oratory appealed to legal professionals—judges as well as advocates. Consistent with the humanism …
Federal Law and Southern Order
This work examines the factors behind the Federal government's long delay in responding to racial violence during the 1950s and 1960s. It reveals that it was the apprehension of a …
Free to Work
Examines efforts to establish free labour in the South during and after the Civil War. Schmidt discusses wartime reconstruction in Louisiana, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the …
The Rise of Judicial Management in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1955-2000
This is the first book-length study of a federal district court to analyze the revolutionary changes in its mission, structure, policies, and procedures over the past four decades. …
The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871-1872
In the late 1860s South Carolina Klansmen unleashed a reign of terror over blacks, and even some whites, in the state. Suppression of the uprising entailed federal military …
From Maverick to Mainstream
Founded in 1847 in Lebanon, Tennessee, the Cumberland School of Law is one of the oldest law schools in the Southeast of the USA, and has trained Supreme Court justices, senators …
Tyrannicide
Tyrannicide uses a captivating narrative to unpack the experiences of slavery and slave law in South Carolina and Massachusetts during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, during the …