Contempt of Court - The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism (Paperback, 1st Anchor Books ed)

In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution, and the stay, incredibly, was granted. Frenzied with rage at the deision, locals responded by lynching Johnson, and what ensued was a breathtaking whirlwind of groundbreaking legal action whose import, Thurgood Marshall would claim, "has never been fully explained." Provocative, thorough, and gripping, Contempt of Court is a long-overdue look at events that clearly depict the peculiar and tenuous relationship between justice and the law.

General

Imprint:	Anchor Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	February 2001
Authors:	Mark Curriden • Leroy Phillips
Dimensions:	203 x 131 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
Edition:	1st Anchor Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-385-72082-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-385-72082-3
Barcode:	9780385720823

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