Rule of Justice: The People of Chicago Versus Zephyr Davi
The Rule of Justice explores a sensational homicide case that took place in Chicago in 1888. Zephyr Davis, a young African American man accused of murdering an Irish American girl who was his coworker, was pursued, captured, tried, and convicted amid public demands for swift justice and the return of social order. Through a close study of the case, Dale explores the tension between popular ideas about justice and the rule of law in industrial America.As Dale observes, mob justice -- despite the presence of a professional police force -- was quite common in late nineteenth-century Chicago, and it was the mob that ultimately captured Davis. Onc…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8142-0867-0
- EAN: 9780814208670
- Produktnummer: 1709560
- Verlag: Ohio St Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.5 cm 340 g
- Gewicht: 340
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