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This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the
public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in
the common law world in the second half of the 19th century.
Drawing on a range of primary source materials including newspaper
articles, case law and extensive archival research in the UK and
USA, it charts his rise as a lawyer first in the mixed legal system
of Louisiana and then nationally. In 1853 he was the first person
of Jewish heritage to be offered nomination to the US Supreme Court
- an honour he declined. Benjamin was also a member of the US
Senate, a slave owner and a supporter of Southern secession. In the
Civil War he served continuously in the Confederate Cabinet
initially as Attorney General, then as Secretary of War and finally
as Secretary of State. Following the victory of the Union he fled
America, a fugitive. In political exile in England he requalified
as a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn. Within a decade he had written a
scholarly and long-enduring treatise on commercial law and become
the undisputed advocate of choice in appeals before the House of
Lords and the Privy Council. This book considers the extraordinary
career of this distinguished jurist and reflects upon his legal
legacy.
This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the
public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in
the common law world in the second half of the 19th century.
Drawing on a range of primary source materials including newspaper
articles, case law and extensive archival research in the UK and
USA, it charts his rise as a lawyer first in the mixed legal system
of Louisiana and then nationally. In 1853 he was the first person
of Jewish heritage to be offered nomination to the US Supreme Court
- an honour he declined. Benjamin was also a member of the US
Senate, a slave owner and a supporter of Southern secession. In the
Civil War he served continuously in the Confederate Cabinet
initially as Attorney General, then as Secretary of War and finally
as Secretary of State. Following the victory of the Union he fled
America, a fugitive. In political exile in England he requalified
as a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn. Within a decade he had written a
scholarly and long-enduring treatise on commercial law and become
the undisputed advocate of choice in appeals before the House of
Lords and the Privy Council. This book considers the extraordinary
career of this distinguished jurist and reflects upon his legal
legacy. The volume includes a foreword by Stephen C. Neff,
Professor of War and Peace at the University of Edinburgh and
author of 'Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil
War' (Harvard University Press, 2010).
International co-operation in criminal law enforcement has become a
centrally important policy issue for Europe in the 1990s. In
criminal matters, when a decision is taken to go beyond the
discretionary exchange of information towards institutionalized
police co-operation, a whole Pandora's box of issues and problems
is opened. This book, based on interviews in a wide variety of
documentary sources, examines the progress of this co-operation.
The authors cover all the major and theoretical issues associated
with the emerging pattern of co-operation, including the
harmonization of criminal law and criminal procedure, law
enforcement strategies, police organization and discipline, and the
politics of immigration and civil liberties. In a European Union
without internal border controls there is widespread agreement on
the objective of closer police co-operation. But prospects in some
areas are not good and there are potential pitfalls, even dangers,
along the road to more integrated arrangements. The authors
conclude by making recommendations that proper accountability
arrangements are a prerequisite of a balanced and efficient system
of European police co-operation.
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