Bondsman''s Burden - An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery

Klappentext A rigorous! compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery! inspecting thousands of legal disputes. Zusammenfassung Were slaves property or human beings under law? Southern judges designed laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable! the foundation of laws applicable to free people. This 1998 book provides a rigorous! compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery! inspecting thousands of legal disputes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. American slavery and the path of the law; 2. The law of sales: slaves, animals, and commodities; 3. The law of hiring and employment: slaves, animals, and free persons; 4. The law regarding common carriers: slaves, animals, commodities, and free persons; 5. The law regarding governments, government officials, slave patrollers, and overseers: protecting private property versus keeping public peace; 6. The legal rights and responsibilities of strangers toward slaves, animals, and free persons; 7. Treatment of one's slaves, servants, animals, and relatives: legal boundaries and the problem of social cost; 8. The south's law of slavery: reflecting the felt necessities of the time.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Bourne Wahl, Jenny Bourne (St Olaf College Wahl
• Assisted by: Christopher Tomlins (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780521592383
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59238-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies i
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous