Author: VirginiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia
Author: VirginiaA Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are Now in Force
Author: VirginiaBlue Laws and Black Codes
Author: Peter WallensteinPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813924871
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Women were once excluded everywhere from the legal profession, but by the 1990s the Virginia Supreme Court had three women among its seven justices. This is just one example of how law in Virginia has been transformed over the past century, as it has across the South and throughout the nation. In Blue Laws and Black Codes, Peter Wallenstein shows that laws were often changed not through legislative action or constitutional amendment but by citizens taking cases to state and federal courtrooms. Due largely to court rulings, for example, stores in Virginia are no longer required by "blue laws" to close on Sundays. Particularly notable was the abolition of segregation laws, modified versions of southern states’ "black codes" dating back to the era of slavery and the first years after emancipation. Virginia’s long road to racial equality under the law included the efforts of black civil rights lawyers to end racial discrimination in the public schools, the 1960 Richmond sit-ins, a case against segregated courtrooms, and a court challenge to a law that could imprison or exile an interracial couple for their marriage. While emphasizing a single state, Blue Laws and Black Codes is framed in regional and national contexts. Regarding blue laws, Virginia resembled most American states. Regarding racial policy, Virginia was distinctly southern. Wallenstein shows how people pushed for changes in the laws under which they live, love, work, vote, study, and shop—in Virginia, the South, and the nation.
The Code of Canon Law
Author: Slave Laws in Virginia
Author: Philip J. SchwarzPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820335169
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The five essays in Slave Laws in Virginia explore two centuries of the ever-changing relationship between a major slave society and the laws that guided it. The topics covered are diverse, including the African judicial background of African American slaves, Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the laws of slavery, the capital punishment of slaves, nineteenth-century penal transportation of slaves from Virginia as related to the interstate slave trade and the changing market for slaves, and Virginia's experience with its own fugitive slave laws. Through the history of one large extended family of ex-slaves, Philip J. Schwarz's conclusion examines how the law shaped the interaction between former slaves and masters after emancipation. Instead of relying on a static view of these two centuries, the author focuses on the diverse and changing ways that lawmakers and law enforcers responded to slaves' behavior and to whites' perceptions of and assumptions about that behavior.
The New Virginia Justice, Comprising the Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Author: William Waller HeningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forms (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
O'Connor's Texas Rules, Civil Trials
Author: Michol O'ConnorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781884554766
Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Virginia Criminal Law and Procedure
Author: John L. CostelloPublisher: Lexis Pub
ISBN: 9780874736717
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 831
Book Description
Virginia Criminal Law & Procedure, Second Edition is the definitive authority on criminal law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, offering comprehensive coverage of dozens of substantive crimes, plus the procedural, constitutional, & ethical issues involved in criminal practice. Author John L. Costello discusses problems encountered in pretrial, trial, & appellate practice offering valuable guidance at each stage. From arrest to appeal, Virginia Criminal Law & Procedure is the practice manual criminal lawyers in Virginia can't afford to be without.
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