Seward's Law : : Country Lawyering, Relational Rights, and Slavery / / Peter Charles Hoffer.
In Seward's Law, Peter Charles Hoffer argues that William H. Seward's legal practice in Auburn, New York, informed his theory of relational rights—a theory that demonstrated how the country could end slavery and establish a practical form of justice. This theory, Hoffer demonstrates, had t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) :; 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: T he Country Lawyer
- 1. “There Is No Law of This State Which Recognizes Slavery”: Governor of New York
- 2. “Harboring and Concealing a Weary and Fainting Slave”: Antislavery Litigator
- 3. “There Is a Higher Law Than the Constitution”: Conscience Whig Senator
- 4. “An Irrepressible Conflict between Opposing and Enduring Forces”: Republican Party Campaigner
- 5. “I Am to Engage in Conducting a War against a Portion of the American People”: Secretary of State
- 6. “To the Arbitrament of Courts of Law and to the Councils of Legislation”: Hesitant Emancipator
- 7. “The Union Has Been Rescued from All Its Perils”: Elder Statesman
- Conclusion: Seward’s Law
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index