Law and society in the South : a history of North Carolina court cases /

Law and Society in the South reconstructs eight pivotal legal disputes heard in North Carolina courts between the 1830s and the 1970s. Each case offers a vivid portrait of the laws, litigants, lawyers, judges, and affected communities, providing a better understanding of not only the Tar Heel State...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wertheimer, John, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : Univ. Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Colección:New directions in southern history.
Temas:
Law > Social aspects > North Carolina > History.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > North Carolina > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > North Carolina > History.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Law > Social aspects
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
North Carolina
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • White couples and "mulatto" babies : Jacksonian age divorce and democratization
  • A former slave and his White wife during reconstruction : the case of Pinkney and Sarah Ross
  • De jure housing segregation in progressive era Winston-Salem : the case of William Darnell
  • Evolution and defamation : the case of Reverend J.R. Pentuff
  • "Escape of the match-strikers" : the Samarcand arson case of 1931
  • Padlocking Greenwich Village : urbanization and public nuisance law
  • Reading and the right to vote: James R. Walker Jr. and North Carolina's literacy test
  • Native Americans and school desegregation : the Chavis case in Robeson County.

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