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The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890 (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.)
Timothy Huebner
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Description for The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890 (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.)
Paperback. Drawing on the judicial opinions and private correspondence of six chief justices whose careers spanned both the region and the century, the author analyzes their conceptions of their roles and the substance of their opinions related to cases involving homicide, economic development, federalism, and race. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
This ground breaking examination of the lives and work of nineteenth-century southern judges explores the emergence of a southern judiciary and the effects of regional peculiarities and attitudes on legal development. Drawing on the judicial opinions and private correspondence of six chief justices whose careers spanned both the region and the century, Timothy S. Huebner analyzes their conceptions of their roles and the substance of their opinions related to cases involving homicide, economic development, federalism, and race. Examining judges both on and off the bench - as formulators of law and as citizens whose lives were intertwined with southern values ... Read more
This ground breaking examination of the lives and work of nineteenth-century southern judges explores the emergence of a southern judiciary and the effects of regional peculiarities and attitudes on legal development. Drawing on the judicial opinions and private correspondence of six chief justices whose careers spanned both the region and the century, Timothy S. Huebner analyzes their conceptions of their roles and the substance of their opinions related to cases involving homicide, economic development, federalism, and race. Examining judges both on and off the bench - as formulators of law and as citizens whose lives were intertwined with southern values ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Legal History of the South
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820332369
SKU
V9780820332369
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About Timothy Huebner
Timothy S. Huebner, an associate professor of history at Rhodes College, is author of The Taney Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy and coeditor, with Kermit L. Hall, of Major Problems in American Constitutional History, second edition. He and Paul Finkelman edit the series Studies in the Legal History of the South.
Reviews for The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890 (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.)
A fine work of scholarship, well researched and cogently argued. - Journal of the Early Republic