Pamela Brandwein Livres

Pamela Brandwein explores a neglected area of legal history, revealing a jurisprudence of rights that challenges conventional narratives about the transition to Jim Crow laws. By examining the complexities of legal frameworks and their societal implications, the book provides a fresh perspective on how rights were interpreted and enforced during this critical period, reshaping our understanding of race and law in America.

Examines the post-Civil War struggle between competing political and legal interpretations of slavery and reconstruction to reveal how accepted historical truth was established. Offering a fresh approach to the subject of original intent, this book is useful for legal historians and scholars of constitutional law, and American history.