Rebellion in the Temple of Justice
Subtitle: The Federal and State Courts in South Carolina During the War Between the States
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: September 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780595660209
Subjects: United States - State & Local - South; History; History - U.S.; History: American
Genres: Law; Attorneys; Civil War courts
First sentence: The colossus known as the Confederate States of America was a sprawling nation with a land mass equal in size to Great Britain (including Ireland), Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Italian Kingdoms, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the German cities and states, and the states of the Church combined as one. . . . Representatives and senators sitting in the federal congress in Richmond, Virginia included legislators from all states, as well as delegates from the Arizona Territory,  and the Creek, Seminole,, and Cherokee nations.
Description: This book is about the courts, attorneys general, lawyers, and judges in South Carolina during the Civil War Era. It includes a discussion of the Confederate federal and South Carolina state courts, the laws of that time, and of the South Carolina Bar's role in secession.
Table of contents: title: South Carolina's Role in Creating the Constitution and Federal Courts of the Confederacy
pagenum: 3
label: 1; title: The Confederacy's Department of Justice
pagenum: 12
label: 2; title: The Confederate States Court for the District of South Carolina
pagenum: 25
label: 3; title: Court Business During the War Between the States
pagenum: 36
label: 4; title: Battle Over the Confederate States Supreme Court
pagenum: 50
label: 5; title: Last Days of the Confederate Court in South Carolina
pagenum: 54
label: 6; title: Post-War South Carolina, and the Return to Power of the Confederate Court Officers
pagenum: 58
label: 7; title: South Carolina on the Eve of War
pagenum: 65
label: 8; title: Legal Education and Admission to the Bar in the Civil-War Era
pagenum: 72
label: 9; title: The State Judicial System
pagenum: 76
label: 10; title: The Everyday Practice of Law in 1860
pagenum: 79
label: 11; title: Women, Slaves, Freedmen, and the Courts
pagenum: 82
label: 12; title: The Judiciary, Attorney General, and District Solicitors of 1860: Power in the Courtroom
pagenum: 88
label: 13; title: The Role of the Bench and Bar in Secession
pagenum: 107
label: 14; title: South Carolina's State Courts in Wartime
pagenum: 112
label: 15; title: After Sherman: Chaos
pagenum: 119
label: 16