The Plessy Case

A Legal-Historical Interpretation

Charles A. Lofgren (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1989
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-505684-6 (ISBN)

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In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races" on all passenger railways within the state of Louisiana. In this book, Lofgren traces the roots of this landmark case in the post-Civil War South and pinpoints its moorings in the era's constitutional, legal, and intellectual doctrines.

In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld `equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races' on all passenger railways within the state of Louisiana. In this account, which has implications for present-day America, Lofgren traces the roots of this landmark case in the post-Civil War South, stressing the constitutional, legal, and intellectual premises that shaped this episode.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.1.1989
Zusatzinfo	1 table
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 203 mm
Gewicht	253 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-505684-1 / 0195056841
ISBN-13	978-0-19-505684-6 / 9780195056846
Zustand	Neuware