"Central to the development of the American legal system, writes Professor Finkelman in Slavery & the Law, is the institution of slavery. It informs us not only about early concepts of race and property, but about the nature of American democracy itself. Prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage ..."
"Central to the development of the American legal system, writes Professor Finkelman in Slavery & the Law, is the institution of slavery. It informs us not only about early concepts of race and property, but about the nature of American democracy itself. Prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage ..."
"West Virginia, loo U.S. 303 (1880), and the Civil Rights Cases, io9 U.S. 3 (1883).
14. Baileyv. Alabama, 219 U.S. 219 (1911). ... “The American Civil War as a
Constitutional Crisis,” American Historical Review 6o (1964): 327; portions are
reprinted in ... the newest casebook in the field—Daniel Farber, Philip Frickey,
and William Eskridge, Constitutional Law: Themes for ... Sullivan is best
understood within the context of attempts ..."