The Bondsman's Burden - An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Hardcover, New)

Were slaves property or human beings under the law? Antebellum Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable, laws that sheltered the persons embodied by that propertySH-the slaves themselves. Unintentionally, these judges generated rules applicable to ordinary Americans. Wahl provides a rigorous, compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	1998
Authors:	Jenny Bourne Wahl
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-59238-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN:	0-521-59238-0
Barcode:	9780521592383

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