Slave Law in the Americas

by Alan Watson

Book Overview

In this book, Alan Watson argues that the slave laws of North and South America--the written codes defining the relationship of masters to slaves--reflect not so much the culture and society of the various colonies but the legal traditions of England, Europe, and ancient Rome.

A pathbreaking study concerned as much with the nature of comparative law as the specific subject of the law of slavery, Slave Law in the Americas posits an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820341177
• ISBN13: 9780820341170
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"