Download or read book Free Men All written by Thomas D. Morris and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues that these laws were an alternative to the violence allowed by the southern slave codes and the extreme abolitionist viewpoints of the north. Thomas D. Morris [1938-] taught in the Department of History, Portland State University and is the author of Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860. CONTENTS I. Slavery and Emancipation: the Rise of Conflicting Legal Systems II. Kidnapping and Fugitives: Early State and Federal Responses III. State "Interposition" 1820-1830: Pennsylvania and New York IV. Assaults Upon the Personal Liberty Laws V. The Antislavery Counterattack VI. The Personal Liberty Laws in the Supreme Court: Prigg v. Pennsylvania VII. The Pursuit of a Containment Policy, 1842-1850 VII. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 IX. Positive Law, Higher Law, and the Via Media X. Interposition, 1854-1858 XI. Habeas Corpus and Total Repudiation 1859-1860 XII. Denouement Appendix Bibliography Index
Download or read book A Few Suggestions Upon the Personal Liberty Law and secession so Called written by Benjamin Franklin Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Liberty Laws and Slavery in the Territories written by Joel Parker and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal work on the issue of slavery and states' rights, Joel Parker offers a legal analysis of the debates surrounding the Personal Liberty Laws, a set of laws enacted by northern states to counter the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. With clear writing and persuasive arguments, Parker's book remains a critical contribution to the field of American legal history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Personal Liberty Laws written by Joel Parker and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty written by Rollin Carlos Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Few Suggestions Upon the Personal Liberty Law and Secession So Called written by Benjamin Franklin Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Few Suggestions Upon the Personal Liberty Law and Secession (So Called): In a Letter to a Friend With these feelings and convictions in relation to the Fugitive-slave Law of 1850, I have, nevertheless, always been of the opinion, that every attempt to soften the rigor of the law, to supply its defects, to relieve its injustice, or to obstruct its operation, by State legis lation, would be utterly vain and futile. It is only kicking against the pricks. The wise and prudent thing would have been, to have waited until we had power to soften the rigors of the law on the spot of its origin, in the place of its birth. In that effort we should have had the-aid of wise and good men in all parts of the country. We are held in double trust. We are not only citi zens of Massachusetts, but of the United States. The people framed the Constitutions of both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and on the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Practice Connected with it written by Rollin Carlos Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reading Upon the Personal Liberty Laws of Massachusetts written by Charles Greely Loring and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and on the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Practice Connected with It With a View of the Law of Extratdition of Fugitives Second Edition with Notes by F H Hurd written by Rollin C. HURD and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Personal Liberty Laws Statutes of Massachusetts and Slavery in the Territories Case Classic Reprint written by Joel Parker and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Personal Liberty Laws, (Statutes of Massachusetts), And Slavery in the Territories, (Case Had they done so, and reported against the provisions of the "Personal Liberty Bill," which had been enacted by one legislature and amended by another, the burst of indignation which would have followed would have waked the echoes of Abington, and Lowell, and Worcester, even if it did not extend to Great Barrington itself. But in their Introductory Report the Commissioners, after stating that they had sedulously avoided the introduction of their personal opinions respecting matters of expediency, but had considered it their duty to construct the several chapters according to what appeared to be the general policy of the legislature, as they found it expressed, added this clause, viz.: "They have not deemed it a part of their duty to pass upon doubtful questions of constitutional law the presumption being that all the statutes of the State are constitutional until the contrary appears." As Commissioners, they were not authorized to rebut the presumption, and determine what was or was not unconstitutional; but here is a reasonable indication of an opinion that there were some provisions which were at least of doubtful constitutionality; and if any member of the legislature had made inquiry to what provisions reference was thus made, he would doubtless have received a ready answer. But no one asked, and certainly further suggestion need not have been volunteered. The Commissioners had abundant evidence that there were divers gentlemen in the legislature who deemed themselves quite competent to the work of revision without their assistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The personal liberty law written by Edward Lillie Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design for Liberty written by Richard A. Epstein and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a vast expansion in the twentieth century, government is beginning to creak at the joints under its enormous weight. The signs are clear: a bloated civil service, low approval ratings for Congress and the President, increasing federal-state conflict, rampant distrust of politicians and government officials, record state deficits, and major unrest among public employees. In this compact, clearly written book, the noted legal scholar Richard Epstein advocates a much smaller federal government, arguing that our over-regulated state allows too much discretion on the part of regulators, which results in arbitrary, unfair decisions, rent-seeking, and other abuses. Epstein bases his classical liberalism on the twin pillars of the rule of law and of private contracts and property rights—an overarching structure that allows private property to keep its form regardless of changes in population, tastes, technology, and wealth. This structure also makes possible a restrained public administration to implement limited objectives. Government continues to play a key role as night-watchman, but with the added flexibility in revenues and expenditures to attend to national defense and infrastructure formation. Although no legal system can eliminate the need for discretion in the management of both private and public affairs, predictable laws can cabin the zone of discretion and permit arbitrary decisions to be challenged. Joining a set of strong property rights with sound but limited public administration could strengthen the rule of law, with its virtues of neutrality, generality, clarity, consistency, and forward-lookingness, and reverse the contempt and cynicism that have overcome us.
Download or read book A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and on the Writ of Habeas Corpus written by Rollin C. Hurd and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
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Download or read book Personal Liberty and Martial Law written by Edward Ingersoll and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1862 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
