Jenny Bourne Wahl
Biographic Data
| ID | 4282447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenny Bourne Wahl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenny Bourne |
| FAMILY NAME | Wahl |
| SIGNATURE | WAHL J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bondsman's Burden
Blacks, Whites, and Brown
From Riches to Riches
Objective. Intergenerational transfers of wealth and ability can influence the distribution of wealth. This research examines the empirical relationships among intergenerational variables and cross‐sectional wealth distribution. Methods. Models pioneered by Gary Becker set out the conditions necessary for regression to the mean in wealth across generations. However, empirical testing of such models has been incomplete because large, reliable, int…
The Great Tax Wars
The Bondsman's Burden
Double Character
Journal Article Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom Get access Gross Ariela, Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern CourtroomPrinceton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. xi, 263 pp. $39.50. Jenny B. Wahl Jenny B. Wahl Carleton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issue 4, October 2000, Pa…
Slavery and the Law
The Bondsman's Burden
Slavery and the Law
Journal Article Slavery and the Law Get access Finkelman Paul, ed., Slavery and the Law. Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1997. ix, 465 pp. $44.95. Jenny B. Wahl Jenny B. Wahl Carleton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 1998, Pages 328–330, https://doi.org/10.2307/846203 Published: 01 July 1998
The Bondsman's Burden
Journal Article The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery Get access Wahl Jenny Bourne, The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xii, 277 pp. $49.95. Andrew T. Fede Andrew T. Fede Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
The Bondsman's Burden
Were slaves property or human beings under the law? In crafting answers to this question, Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable. But, by preserving property rights, they sheltered the persons embodied by that property - the slaves themselves. Slave law therefore had unintended consequences: it generated rules that judges could apply to free persons, precedents that bec…
Legal Constraints on Slave Masters
Journal Article Legal Constraints on Slave Masters: The Problem of Social Cost Get access Jenny Bourne Wahl Jenny Bourne Wahl Associate Professor of Economics *St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 1997, Pages 1–24, https://doi.org/10.2307/845469 Published: 01 January 1997
American Slavery and the Path of the Law
The Jurisprudence of American Slave Sales
An analysis of all appellate cases involving slave-sales reveals that southern courts helped minimize the costs of trading in slaves. Slave-sales law also surpassed other contemporaneous commercial law in sophistication. Why? Greater information gaps between slave buyers and sellers called for more complex institutional support. The enormous property value embodied by slaves also led to more litigation, greater need for settled law, and a more ev…
Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860
The Bondsman's Burden
Antebellum judges played crucial roles in resolving conflicts between slaveowners and common-carrier owners. Because courts could easily quantify the value of a slave's life, they were quicker to compensate slaveowners for slaves injured or killed by a common carrier than to award damages to an injured free person or his estate. Yet judges also had to craft rules governing the behavior of the slave property itself. By the 1860s, Southern courts h…
Legal Constraints on Slave Masters
Journal Article Legal Constraints on Slave Masters: The Problem of Social Cost Get access Jenny Bourne Wahl Jenny Bourne Wahl Associate Professor of Economics *St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 1997, Pages 1–24, https://doi.org/10.2307/845469 Published: 01 January 1997
The Jurisprudence of American Slave Sales
An analysis of all appellate cases involving slave-sales reveals that southern courts helped minimize the costs of trading in slaves. Slave-sales law also surpassed other contemporaneous commercial law in sophistication. Why? Greater information gaps between slave buyers and sellers called for more complex institutional support. The enormous property value embodied by slaves also led to more litigation, greater need for settled law, and a more ev…
The Great Tax Wars
From Riches to Riches
Objective. Intergenerational transfers of wealth and ability can influence the distribution of wealth. This research examines the empirical relationships among intergenerational variables and cross‐sectional wealth distribution. Methods. Models pioneered by Gary Becker set out the conditions necessary for regression to the mean in wealth across generations. However, empirical testing of such models has been incomplete because large, reliable, int…
Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860
The Bondsman's Burden
Antebellum judges played crucial roles in resolving conflicts between slaveowners and common-carrier owners. Because courts could easily quantify the value of a slave's life, they were quicker to compensate slaveowners for slaves injured or killed by a common carrier than to award damages to an injured free person or his estate. Yet judges also had to craft rules governing the behavior of the slave property itself. By the 1860s, Southern courts h…
The Bondsman's Burden
Antebellum judges played crucial roles in resolving conflicts between slaveowners and common-carrier owners. Because courts could easily quantify the value of a slave's life, they were quicker to compensate slaveowners for slaves injured or killed by a common carrier than to award damages to an injured free person or his estate. Yet judges also had to craft rules governing the behavior of the slave property itself. By the 1860s, Southern courts h…
American Slavery and the Path of the Law
The Jurisprudence of American Slave Sales
An analysis of all appellate cases involving slave-sales reveals that southern courts helped minimize the costs of trading in slaves. Slave-sales law also surpassed other contemporaneous commercial law in sophistication. Why? Greater information gaps between slave buyers and sellers called for more complex institutional support. The enormous property value embodied by slaves also led to more litigation, greater need for settled law, and a more ev…
Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860
The Bondsman's Burden
Were slaves property or human beings under the law? In crafting answers to this question, Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable. But, by preserving property rights, they sheltered the persons embodied by that property - the slaves themselves. Slave law therefore had unintended consequences: it generated rules that judges could apply to free persons, precedents that bec…
Legal Constraints on Slave Masters
Journal Article Legal Constraints on Slave Masters: The Problem of Social Cost Get access Jenny Bourne Wahl Jenny Bourne Wahl Associate Professor of Economics *St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 1997, Pages 1–24, https://doi.org/10.2307/845469 Published: 01 January 1997
Slavery and the Law
Journal Article Slavery and the Law Get access Finkelman Paul, ed., Slavery and the Law. Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1997. ix, 465 pp. $44.95. Jenny B. Wahl Jenny B. Wahl Carleton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 1998, Pages 328–330, https://doi.org/10.2307/846203 Published: 01 July 1998
The Bondsman's Burden
Journal Article The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery Get access Wahl Jenny Bourne, The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xii, 277 pp. $49.95. Andrew T. Fede Andrew T. Fede Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
Slavery and the Law
The Bondsman's Burden
The Bondsman's Burden
Double Character
Journal Article Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom Get access Gross Ariela, Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern CourtroomPrinceton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. xi, 263 pp. $39.50. Jenny B. Wahl Jenny B. Wahl Carleton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issue 4, October 2000, Pa…
From Riches to Riches
Objective. Intergenerational transfers of wealth and ability can influence the distribution of wealth. This research examines the empirical relationships among intergenerational variables and cross‐sectional wealth distribution. Methods. Models pioneered by Gary Becker set out the conditions necessary for regression to the mean in wealth across generations. However, empirical testing of such models has been incomplete because large, reliable, int…
The Great Tax Wars
Blacks, Whites, and Brown
Bondsman's Burden
Political science (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · History (6 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · Common law (4 works)