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The laws of slavery in Texas historical documents and essays /
Published 2010Subjects: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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The long, lingering shadow slavery, race, and law in the American hemisphere /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…A white man's country -- pt. III. From emancipation to equality.…”
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Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction a legal history documentary reader /
Published 2009Table of Contents: “…The status of African Americans before the Civil War -- The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union -- African Americans, emancipation, and military service -- Rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition -- Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation.…”
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Lincoln and the triumph of the nation constitutional conflict in the American Civil War /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation -- Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency -- The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution -- Soldiers in the courtroom -- The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war -- Secession : deratifying the constitution -- The police state of Richmond -- State rights in the confederacy.…”
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A public empire : property and the quest for the common good in imperial Russia /
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…Environmentalism, industrialization, and the politics of property -- The meanings of property -- Forests, minerals, and the controversy over property in post-emancipation Russia -- Nationalizing rivers, expropriating lands -- The treasures of the fatherland -- Inventing national patrimony -- Private possessions and national art -- "Estates on Parnassus": literary property and cultural reform -- Writers and the audience: legal provisions and public discourse -- The private letters of national literature.…”
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The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law /
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…Constitutional law and the legitimation of history : the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig -- Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case : the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson -- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber -- The legacy of the Dred Scott case : the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis -- An exaggerated legacy : Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen -- Emancipation and contract law : litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. …”
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Children's rights law in the global human rights landscape : isolation, inspiration, integration? /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Distinctive characteristics of children's human rights law / Wouter Vandenhole -- The broader relevance of features of children's rights law : the best interests of the child principle / Helen Stalford -- The four general principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : the potential value of the approach in other areas of human rights law / Laura Lundy and Bronagh Byrne -- The inclusion of "third parties" : the status of parenthood in the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Roberta Ruggiero, Diana Volonakis, and Karl Hanson -- Lessons for children's rights from women's rights? emancipation rights as a distinct category of human rights / Eva Brems -- Lessons for children's rights from disability rights? …”
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Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership /
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