Lynching and the law
By: by James Harmon Chadbourn ; with a new introduction by Paul Finkelman.
Contributors: University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Law.; Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching.
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Clark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584778295
Subjects: Lynching
Notes: Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1933.

Originally presented through the cooperation of the School of law of the University of North Carolina and the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lynching and the administration of criminal justice; title: Judicial punishment for lynching; title: Anti-lynching legislation; title: Lynching as a statutory crime; title: Municipal liability; title: Ouster of peace officers; title: Procedural devices; title: Militia; title: Change of venue and transfer of prisoners; title: Speical terms of court; title: Attempted legislation; title: Proposals for additional legislation.