Product Description: Nelson identifies three principal institutions involved in conflict resolution: the twon meeting, the church congregation, and the courts of law. He subsequently determines the type of cases over which each institution had jurisdiction and studies the procedures by which each functioned...read more

Product Description: Groundbreaking research on Black political participation and urban race relations on both sides of the Atlantic. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Discusses the history of the Fourteenth Amendment, considers the intent of its framers and assesses its impact on U.S. history

Product Description: Republishes articles by two senior legal historians. Besides summarizing what has now become classical literature in the field, it offers illuminating insight into what it means to be a professional legal historian.