Blue Laws and Black Codes: Conflict, Courts, and Change in Twentieth-Century Virginia
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813922615
ISBN13:9780813922614
Release Date:March 2004
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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