What should a judge do when he must hand down a ruling based on a law that he considers unjust or oppressive? This question is examined through a series of problems concerning unjust law that arose with respect to slavery in nineteenth-century America. “Cover’s book is splendid in many ways. His legal history and legal philosophy are both first class. . . . This is, for a change, an interdisciplinary work that is a credit to both disciplines.”―Ronald Dworkin, Times Literary Supplement “Scholars should be grateful to Cover for his often brilliant illumination of tensions created in judges by changing eighteenth- and nineteenth-century jurisprudential attitudes and legal standards. . . An exciting adventure in interdisciplinary history.”―Harold M. Hyman, American Historical Review “A most articulate, sophisticated, and learned defense of legal formalism. . . Deserves and needs to be widely read.”―Don Roper, Journal of American History “An excellent illustration of the way in which a burning moral issue relates to the American judicial process. The book thus has both historical value and a very immediate importance.”―Edwards A. Stettner, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science “A really fine book, an important contribution to law and to history.”―Louis H. Pollak

Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process

History

Cover, Robert M.

Americas

Yale University Press

The casebook provides detailed information on procedure. It includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

Procedure (University Casebook Series)

Resnik, Judith

Fiss, Owen M.

Reference

Foundation Pr

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