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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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Autor principal: Wertheimer, John W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Student Contributors; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Drawing Lines: From Old South to Jim Crow; 1. White Couples and ""Mulatto"" Babies: Jacksonian Age Divorce and Democratization; 2. A Former Slave and His White Wife during Reconstruction: The Case of Pinkney and Sarah Ross; 3. De Jure Housing Segregation in Progressive Era Winston-Salem: The Case of William Darnell; Part II Modernity and Tradition: Cultural Conflict between the World Wars; 4. Evolution and Defamation: The Case of Reverend J.R. Pentuff. 
505 0 |a 5. ""Escape of the Match-Strikers"": The Samarcand Arson Case of 19316. Padlocking Greenwich Village: Urbanization and Public Nuisance Law; Part III Civil Rights: The Paradigm Shifts, 1956-1980; 7. Reading and the Right to Vote: James R. Walker Jr. and North Carolina's Literacy Test; 8. Native Americans and School Desegregation: The Chavis Case in Robeson County; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
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