Joseph Story: “Privileges of Citizens—Fugitives—Slaves”

( 1833 ) Commentary by Austin Allen, University of Houston - Downtown

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Chancellor [James] Kent American legal theorist, author of Commentaries on American Law (1826–1830)
confederation here, the United States as it existed under the Articles of Confederation
faith and credit a legal term referring to the recognition by one state of the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another, for example, recognition of a marriage that took place in another state
Federalist a series of eighty-five newspaper articles, written primarily by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton in 1787–1788, urging ratification of the Constitution and outlining a theory of government
prima facie Latin for “at first sight” or “on the face of it,” used in the law to refer to a conclusion that is self-evident based on the facts

Joseph Story (U.S. Supreme Court)

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