A Peculiar Humanism - The Judicial Advocacy of Slavery in High Courts of the Old South

Informationen zum Autor WILLIAM E. WIETHOFF is a professor emeritus of the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University. He is also the author of The Insolent Slave and Crafting the Plantation Overseer's Image . Klappentext In A Peculiar Humanism , William E. Wiethoff assesses the judicial use of oratory in reviewing slave cases and the struggle to fashion a humanist jurisprudence on slavery despite the customary restraints placed on judicial advocacy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William E Wiethoff, William E. Wiethoff
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780820336329
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3632-9
• Pagine: 262
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History o
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie