The Bondsman's Burden
An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery
Were slaves property or human beings under the law? In crafting answers to this question, Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable. But, by preserving property rights, they sheltered the persons embodied by that property - the slaves themselves. Slave law therefore had unintended consequences: it generated rules that judges could apply to free persons, precedents that became the foundation for laws designed to protect ordinary Americans. The Bondsman's Burden provides a rigorous and compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousan…
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Weitere Autoren: Tomlins, Christopher (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-52138-3
- EAN: 9780521521383
- Produktnummer: 9915167
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 452 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 452
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