| The Politics of Judicial Interpretation: The Federal Courts, Department of Justice, and Civil Rights, 1866-1876 Contributor(s): Kaczorowski, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823223825 ISBN-13: 9780823223824 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 Annotation: This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction. Should be required reading . . . for all historians, jurists, lawyers, political scientists, and government officials who in one way or another are responsible for understanding and interpreting our civil rights past.Harold M. Hyman, Journal of Southern HistoryImportant, richly researched. . . . the fullest account now available.American Journal of Legal History |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Law | Civil Rights - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 347.302 |
| LCCN: 2005000446 |
| Series: Reconstructing America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.46" W x 8.96" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction. Should be required reading . . . for all historians, jurists, lawyers, political scientists, and government officials who in one way or another are responsible for understanding and interpreting our civil rights past.-Harold M. Hyman, Journal of Southern HistoryImportant, richly researched. . . . the fullest account now available.-American Journal of Legal History |
Contributor Bio(s): Kaczorowski, Robert J.: - Robert J. Kaczorowski is Professor of Law and Legal and Constitutional History and Director of the Condon Institute of Legal History at Fordham University School of Law. |