An edition of Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court
(2009)
Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court
by Ethan Greenberg
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Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court
2009, Lexington Books
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0739137581 9780739137581
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Table of Contents
A slave's life
False promise of freedom : Scott's state court trials
"A dark and fell spirit" : Missouri's Supreme Court reverses
New trial and defeat in St. Louis federal court
At the summit : argument and reargument before the U.S. Supreme court
The president-elect secretly intervenes
"The South is doomed" : Chief Justice Roger Taney
Taney's opinion of the court : an overview
Can a black man be a true American? : Taney on Negro citizenship
"Upon these considerations" : Taney strikes down the Missouri compromise
The road not taken : Taney on choice of law and res judicata
The majority concurs (after a fashion)
Two ringing dissents
Reaction and the way to Civil War
The use and misuse of history
The aspirationalist critique : "indifference to injustice"
The originalist critique : "first cousin to Roe"
The traditional "judicial restraint" critique
Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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