9781683933847-1683933842-From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808 (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities)

From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808 (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities)

ISBN-13: 9781683933847
ISBN-10: 1683933842
Author: Linda Myrsiades
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format: Hardcover 298 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781683933847
ISBN-10: 1683933842
Author: Linda Myrsiades
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format: Hardcover 298 pages

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From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808 (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities) (ISBN-13: 9781683933847 and ISBN-10: 1683933842), written by authors Linda Myrsiades, was published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in 2023. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808 (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Law in early America was culturally special, not just a foundation for history but for the culture that bound the nation and its collective identity. From Treason to Runaway Slaves studies six high-profile trials (military order, Indian murder, land seizure, treason, libel, interracial urban crime) that incorporate themes to which the early republic attached special significance. The trials demonstrate the criticality of legal culture and legal history and the central role of the rule of law in a democracy. Tracking the new nation's bitterest and most challenging moments, we are led to ask what lies below the surface; what is American society really like; how did we come to be who we are? The book fits into the area of eighteenth-century legal culture and history, tracing across the chapters the development of early American law during the critical formative period 1783 to 1808 and focusing on important historical moments (courts martial in the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic, runaway slaves, among others). It attends to such areas of law as treason, libel, land law, murder, and racial justice as well as the growth of a legal profession and the changing influence of judges, juries, and lawyers.

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