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Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction : a legal history documentary reader /
The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Legal History of the Civil War Era.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular paths that were not predetermined. Editor Christian G. Samito has carefully selected excerpts from legislation, public and legislative debates, court cases, investigations of white supremacist violence in the South, and rare court-martial records, added his expert analysis, and illu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441623669 1441623663 9780809386437 0809386437 |