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Race, Property Rights, And The Economic Consequences Of Reconstruction: A Case Study, Robert J. Haws, Michael V. Namorato
Race, Property Rights, And The Economic Consequences Of Reconstruction: A Case Study, Robert J. Haws, Michael V. Namorato
Vanderbilt Law Review
In assessing the problems of race and debtor relief in Mississippi during Reconstruction, it is clear that, on the local level, the Lafayette County court system, as represented by the Lafayette county court, effectively carried out an institutional framework established by the Mississippi legislature and the Mississippi Supreme Court in which the freedman was denied any meaningful role and/or opportunity in the economic environment of the community.In doing so, the county court system, by allegedly protecting the rights of private property, helped stifle the economic recovery of Lafayette County and, inferentially, the State as a whole. Moreover, by quickly acting …
Comment: Race, Property Rights, And The Economic Consequences Of Reconstruction, Robert B. Jones
Comment: Race, Property Rights, And The Economic Consequences Of Reconstruction, Robert B. Jones
Vanderbilt Law Review
Professors Haws and Namorato are to be praised for their pioneer work in studying the operation of a county court system in the Reconstruction era. They break new historical ground in this effort that has the potential for greatly contributing to the study of the legal history of the South. More scholars must engage in this endeavor if the field of legal history is to reach its full maturity. While their efforts are to be complimented it must be pointed out, however, that they generally fail to make their case in this Article. They do not show a significant link …