The Confederate jurist : the legal life of Judah P. Benjamin / William C. Gilmore ; foreword by Stephen C. Neff.
Material type:
- text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9781399501828
- Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
- Jewish lawyers -- United States -- Biography
- Jewish lawyers -- England -- Biography
- Lawyers -- United States -- Biography
- Lawyers -- England -- Biography
- Jewish statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- Statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- Biography
- Biography & non-fiction prose
- 340.092 23
- KF368
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in the common law world in the second half of the 19th century. Drawing on a range of primary source materials including newspaper articles, case law and extensive archival research in the UK and USA, it charts his rise as a lawyer first in the mixed legal system of Louisiana and then nationally.
Specialized.
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