Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors - A Case Study in Conflict of Laws (Paperback)

Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors examines the decisions of Supreme Court justice and Harvard law professor Joseph Story (1779-1845). According to Alan Watson, Story erred in his interpretation of Dutchman Ulrich Huber's theory of comity-the respect accorded by one sovereignty to another sovereignty's laws. Watson suggests that it is because of Story's misinterpretation that the Dred Scott case went before the United States Supreme Court, whose notorious ruling against Scott fed directly into heated sectional conflict that culminated in the Civil War. Demonstrating the odd twists and turns that legal development sometimes takes, the book is also a fascinating case study that reveals much about the relationship of law to society.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Alan Watson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-4150-7
Categories:	Books > Law > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8203-4150-9
Barcode:	9780820341507

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