Pierson v. Post, The Hunt for the Fox by Angela Fernandez
The 1805 New York foxhunting case Pierson v. Post has long been used in American property law classrooms to introduce law students to the concept of first possession by asking how one establishes possession of a wild animal. In this book, Angela Fernandez retells the history of the famous fox case, from its origins as a squabble between two wealthy young men on the South Fork of Long Island through its appeal to the New York Supreme Court and entry into legal treatises, law school casebooks, and law journal articles, where it still occupies a central place. Fernandez argues that the dissent is best understood as an example of legal solemn foolery. Yet it has been treated by legal professionals, the lawyers of its day, and subsequent legal academics in such a serious way, demonstrating how the solemn and the silly can occupy two sides of the same coin in American legal history.-
Before Dred Scott
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The Crisis of Imprisonment
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Final Freedom
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The Deviant Prison
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Gangster of New York
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Thresholds of Accusation
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor
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City of Courts
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The Law of the Whale Hunt
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The Jurisprudence of Style
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Gender Remade
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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War
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Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 17901900
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Conjugal Misconduct
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Injury Impoverished
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A Judgment for Solomon
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Slavery and Sacred Texts
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Law's Imagined Republic
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The Turn to Process
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Owning Ideas
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Family, Law, and Inheritance in America
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The Bondsman's Burden
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Antitrust and Global Capitalism, 1930-2004
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The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State
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Recalibrating Reform
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The Racketeer's Progress
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From Slave Abuse to Hate Crime
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The Forgotten Emancipator
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Jim Crow Moves North
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Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century
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Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection
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Bonds of Empire
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Making the Modern American Fiscal State
'A new generation of legal historians now has its leading essayistFernandez explodes the 'cases in context' genre with essays ranging across literary, social and intellectual history. Sprightly, but with painstaking research and impressive learning, she discovers in a judge's witticisms fresh insights into how lawyers and law professors distance themselves from the strife from which they profit.' Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
'Fernandez' masterful book comprehensively reinterprets one of the great old chestnuts of American legal history. Her glittering prose and impressive research make this a must read for historians, lawyers and anyone seeking to understand how the law worked and what it has come to mean.' Gautham Rao, American University, Washington, DC
'In this splendid work of legal archaeology, Fernandez painstakingly reconstructs the strange career of Pierson v. Post, shining considerable light on the professional culture within which it has attained the status of a leading case. Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is a major contribution to the field of legal history, prompting critical reflection on the ways and means by which conventional wisdom is constructed and reconstructed over time.' Susanna Blumenthal, University of Minnesota
'Fernandez' masterful book comprehensively reinterprets one of the great old chestnuts of American legal history. Her glittering prose and impressive research make this a must read for historians, lawyers and anyone seeking to understand how the law worked and what it has come to mean.' Gautham Rao, American University, Washington, DC
'In this splendid work of legal archaeology, Fernandez painstakingly reconstructs the strange career of Pierson v. Post, shining considerable light on the professional culture within which it has attained the status of a leading case. Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is a major contribution to the field of legal history, prompting critical reflection on the ways and means by which conventional wisdom is constructed and reconstructed over time.' Susanna Blumenthal, University of Minnesota
Angela Fernandez is a legal historian at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where she is also a member of the Department of History. She has published numerous articles and is co-editor of Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107039285 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107039282 |
| Title | Pierson v. Post, The Hunt for the Fox |
| Author | Angela Fernandez |
| Series | Cambridge Historical Studies In American Law And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2018-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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