| The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890 Contributor(s): Huebner, Timothy S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820332364 ISBN-13: 9780820332369 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.00 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This first book to examine the lives and work of nineteenth-century southern judges explores the emergence of a southern judiciary and the effects of regional peculiarities and attitudes on legal development. Drawing on the judicial opinions and private correspondence of six chief justices whose careers span both the region and the century, Timothy S. Huebner analyzes their conceptions of their roles and the substance of their opinions related to cases involving homicide, economic development, federalism, and race. Examining judges both on and off the bench--as formulators of law and as citizens whose lives were intertwined with southern values--Huebner reveals the tensions that sometimes arose out of loyalties to sectional principles and national professional consciousness. He exposes the myth of southern leniency in appellate homicide decisions and also shows how the southern judiciary contributed to and reflected larger trends in American legal development. This book adds to our understanding of both southern distinctiveness and American legal culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Huebner, Timothy S.: - TIMOTHY S. HUEBNER, an associate professor of history at Rhodes College, is author of The Taney Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy and coeditor, with Kermit L. Hall, of Major Problems in American Constitutional History, second edition. He and Paul Finkelman edit the series Studies in the Legal History of the South. |