A Judgment for Solomon

A Judgment for Solomon
Author: Michael Grossberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1996-02-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521557450


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A Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some timebound and timeless features of American legal culture. In a narrative analysis, it recounts how marital woes led Ellen and Gonzalve d'Hauteville into what Alexis de Tocqueville called the 'shadow of the law'. Their multiple legal experiences culminated in an eagerly followed Philadelphia trial that sparked a national debate over the legal rights and duties of mothers and fathers, and husbands and wives. The story of the d'Hauteville case explains why popular trials become 'precedents of legal experience' - mediums for debates about highly contested social issues. It also demonstrates the ability of individual women and men to contribute to legal change by turning to the law to fight for what they want.

The Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon
Author: Richard Henry Stoddard
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The Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon
Author: Horace Walpole
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The judgment of Solomon

The judgment of Solomon
Author: Flos Jewell Williams
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Total Pages: 315
Release: 1925
Genre: Authors, Canadian
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Judgement of Solomon

Judgement of Solomon
Author: Royall Tyler
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Release: 1941
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