Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Subtitle: a legal history documentary reader
By: edited by Christian G. Samito.
Contributors: Samito, Christian G.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780809328895
Subjects: African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 19th century
Description: "The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular paths that were not predetermined."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The status of blacks before the Civil War; title: The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union; title: Blacks and the Union armed forces; title: Civil rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition; title: Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation.