Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 634 g
Reihe: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
The D'Hauteville Case and Legal Experience in Antebellum America
Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 634 g
Reihe: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
ISBN: 978-0-521-55206-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some timebound and timeless features of American legal culture. In a narrative analysis, it recounts how marital woes led Ellen and Gonzalve d'Hauteville into what Alexis de Tocqueville called the 'shadow of the law'. Their multiple legal experiences culminated in an eagerly followed Philadelphia trial that sparked a national debate over the legal rights and duties of mothers and fathers, and husbands and wives. The story of the d'Hauteville case explains why popular trials become 'precedents of legal experience' - mediums for debates about highly contested social issues. It also demonstrates the ability of individual women and men to contribute to legal change by turning to the law to fight for what they want.
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1. Entering the law's shadows; 2. Bargaining in the shadow of the law; 3. Out of the shadows; 4. Into a court of law; 5. Into the court of public opinion; 6. Back into the shadows.
A Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some timebound and timeless features of American legal culture.
The story of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore timebound and timeless features of American legal culture.
