LYNCHING AND THE LAWChadbourn, James HarmonItem #: 65116 Pages: xi, 221 pp. Published: OE; Rinehart; Reprinted in 2008. Subjects: LEGAL HISTORY This title was issued under the auspices of the SouthernCommission on the Study of Lynching. A work of greatauthority because it was produced by Southern jurists, itwas cited frequently in the 1932 Senate hearings onlynching. Its conclusions are based in part on acomprehensive survey of over 3,700 lynchings, mostly ofAfrican-Americans, between 1889 and 1932. Chadbourn alsoasked 1,000 prominent Southern lawyers and legislators howthey would prevent the practice. Using this data he proposesa model lynching law.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |