TY - BOOK AU - Gilmore,William C. TI - The Confederate jurist: the legal life of Judah P. Benjamin T2 - Edinburgh scholarship online SN - 9781399501828 AV - KF368 U1 - 340.092 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Benjamin, J. P. KW - Jewish lawyers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - England KW - Lawyers KW - Jewish statesmen KW - Confederate States of America KW - Statesmen KW - ukslc KW - Biography & non-fiction prose KW - thema N1 - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474482004.001.0001 ER -