Description: Further DetailsTitle: The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860Condition: NewSubtitle: Considerations of Humanity and InterestISBN-10: 069165560XEAN: 9780691655604ISBN: 9780691655604Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/19/2019Description: In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of production. Whereas the former rest on the total dominion of the master over the slave and necessitate a concern for the slave's humanity, the latter rest of the purchase by the capitalist of a worker's labor power only and are concerned primarily with economic interest. Focusing on a wide range of issues that include contract and accident law as well as criminal law and the law of manumission, he shows how Southern slave law had to respond to the competing pressures of humanity and interest.Beginning with a critical evaluation of slave law, the author develops the conceptual framework for his own perspective on the legal system, drawing on the works of Marx and Weber. He then examines four appellate court cases decided in three different states, from civil-law Louisiana to commonlaw North Carolina, at widely separated times, from 1818 to 1858.Professor Tushnet finds that the cases display a continuing but never wholly successful attempt at distinguish between law and sentiment as modes of regulating social interactions involving slaves. Also, the cases show that the primary method of accommodating law and sentiment was an attempt to use rigid categories to confine the law of slavery to what was thought its proper sphere.Mark Tushnet is Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Mark TushnetGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Princeton Legacy LibraryRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860
Title: The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860
Subtitle: Considerations of Humanity and Interest
ISBN-10: 069165560X
EAN: 9780691655604
ISBN: 9780691655604
Release Date: 02/19/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860 : Considerations of Humanity and Interest
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: International Relations / General, United States / General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 15.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Mark Tushnet
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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