From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783–1808 by Linda Myrsiades
English | November 20th, 2023 | ISBN: 1683933842 | 298 pages | True EPUB | 3.24 MB
Law in early America was culturally special, not just a foundation for history but for the culture that bound the nation and its collective identity. From Treason to Runaway Slaves studies six high-profile trials (military order, Indian murder, land seizure, treason, libel, interracial urban crime) that incorporate themes to which the early republic attached special significance. The trials demonstrate the criticality of legal culture and legal history and the central role of the rule of law in a democracy. Tracking the new nation's bitterest and most challenging moments, we are led to ask what lies below the surface; what is American society really like; how did we come to be who we are?
