Author: Wisconsin
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1292

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Author: Wisconsin
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1290

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Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1418

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Author: Stanley W. Campbell
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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In this thoroughly researched documentation of a historically controversial issue, the author considers the background, passage, and constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law. The author's relation of public opinion and the executive policy regarding the much disputed law will help the reader reach a decision as to whether the law was actually a success or failure, legally and socially. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author: Thomas D. Morris
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584771070
Category : Personal liberty laws
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues that these laws were an alternative to the violence allowed by the southern slave codes and the extreme abolitionist viewpoints of the north. Thomas D. Morris [1938-] taught in the Department of History, Portland State University and is the author of Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860. CONTENTS I. Slavery and Emancipation: the Rise of Conflicting Legal Systems II. Kidnapping and Fugitives: Early State and Federal Responses III. State "Interposition" 1820-1830: Pennsylvania and New York IV. Assaults Upon the Personal Liberty Laws V. The Antislavery Counterattack VI. The Personal Liberty Laws in the Supreme Court: Prigg v. Pennsylvania VII. The Pursuit of a Containment Policy, 1842-1850 VII. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 IX. Positive Law, Higher Law, and the Via Media X. Interposition, 1854-1858 XI. Habeas Corpus and Total Repudiation 1859-1860 XII. Denouement Appendix Bibliography Index

Author: W. C. STRATTON
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Jennifer Tucker
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1944466266
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 445

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This collection of essays explores the way history itself has become a contested element within the national legal debate about firearms. The debate over the Second Amendment has unveiled new and useful information about the history of guns and their possession and meaning in the United States of America. History itself has become contested ground in the debate about firearms and in the interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Specifically this collection of essays gives special attention to the important and often overlooked dimension of the applications of history in the law. These essays illustrate the complexity of the firearms debate, the relation between law and behavior, and the role that historical knowledge plays in contemporary debates over law and policy. Wide-ranging and stimulating The Right to Bear Arms is bound to captivate both historians and casual readers alike.

Author: Milwaukee Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030

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Author: California State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 698

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Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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