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The Confederacy on trial the piracy and sequestration cases of 1861 /

"Hazards and costs to other persons are of no concern to the lawyer, who must not regard alarm, the torments, the destruction which he may bring others. ... He must go on reckless of the consequences, though it may be his unhappy fate to involve his country in the confusion.--Lord Brougham"...

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Main Author: Weitz, Mark A., 1957-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2005.
Lawrence, Kan. : [2005]
Physical Description: xi, 219 pages ; 22 cm.
Series: Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
Trials (Piracy) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Piracy -- United States -- Cases.
Prize law -- United States -- Cases.
Capture at sea -- Cases.
Enemy property -- Cases.
Effectiveness and validity of law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Effectiveness and validity of law -- Confederate States of America -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions.
Confederate States of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Confederate States of America -- International status.

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