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Fugitive Justice

Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

Steven Lubet

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ISBN 9780674047044

Publication Date: 11/08/2010

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Steven Lubet is Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

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Honorable Mention, 2010 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History, Langum Charitable Trust

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