AMBIVALENT LEGACY; A LEGAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH.

Bodenhamer, David J. and James W. Ely, Jr. (editors). Tony A. Freyer; John V. Orth; Philip J. Schwarz; Thomas D. Morris; A.G. Roeber; et al (contributors). L.T. Senter [Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr.], 1933-2011 (previous owner).

ISBN 10: 0878052100 / ISBN 13: 9780878052103

Edité par Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1984., 1984

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First printing (not stated) SIGNED BY AUTHOR DAVID BODENHAMER. x, 270 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket soiled with staining along spine; several short tears, nicks, and some bumping at edges. Brown cloth. Foxing to endpapers; coffee staining at upper spine margins of initial and rear leaves diminishing inward; pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. With Preface, Selected Bibliography, Notes on Contributors, and Index. Features eleven papers/essays (within three parts: "Law and Southern History," "Law and the Southern Economy," and "Law and Race in Southern History") originally presented at the February 1983 Conference on the Legal History of the South sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Law and the University of Southern Mississippi. Sampling of essays are: "Regionalism and the Legal History of the South" (pages 3-29) by James W. Ely, Jr. and David J. Bodenhamer; "Law and the Antebellum Southern Economy: An Interpretation" (pages 49-68) by Tony A. Freyer; "The Virginia State Debt and the Judicial Power of the United States, 1870-1920" (pages 106-122) by John V. Orth; "Forging the Shackles: The Development of Virginia's Criminal Code for Slaves" (pages 125-146) by Philip J. Schwarz; "'Society is Not Marked by Punctuality in the Payment of Debts': The Chattel Mortgages of Slaves" (pages 147-170) by Thomas D. Morris; 'He read it to me from a book of English Law': Germans, Bench, and Bar in the Colonial South, 1715-1770" (pages 202-228) by A.G. Roeber. Laid-in between pages 34-35 is a July 1984 typed letter signed from USM President Aubrey K. Lucas on office stationary to L.T. Senter. Co-author/editor's four-line ink inscription "For Judge L.T. Senter - | With warmest regards | David J Bodenhamer | USM 7/24/84" on front free endpaper. Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr. (1933-2011) served as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1982-1998 and as Senior Judge from 1998-2011. ISBN 0878052100.

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• Titre: AMBIVALENT LEGACY; A LEGAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH.
• Éditeur: Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1984.
• Date de parution: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0878052100
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780878052103
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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