A Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a
controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the
story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some
timebound and timeless features of American legal culture. In a
narrative analysis, it recounts how marital woes led Ellen and
Gonzalve d'Hauteville into what Alexis de Tocqueville called the
'shadow of the law'. Their multiple legal experiences culminated in
an eagerly followed Philadelphia trial that sparked a national
debate over the legal rights and duties of mothers and fathers, and
husbands and wives. The story of the d'Hauteville case explains why
popular trials become 'precedents of legal experience' - mediums
for debates about highly contested social issues. It also
demonstrates the ability of individual women and men to contribute
to legal change by turning to the law to fight for what they want.
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