The Dred Scott case
Subtitle: historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law
By: edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.
Contributors: Konig, David Thomas, 1947-; Finkelman, Paul, 1949-; Bracey, Christopher Alan, 1970-
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821419113; 9780821419120
Subjects: Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- History; Constitutional history -- United States; United States -- Race relations -- History; United States -- History -- 1849-1877
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constitutional law and the legitimation of history: the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig; title: Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case: the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson; title: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber; title: The legacy of the Dred Scott case: the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis; title: An exaggerated legacy: Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen; title: Emancipation and contract law: litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. Hamilton; title: Dred Scott, human dignity, and the quest for a culture of equality / Christopher Alan Bracey; title: Dred Scott, racial stereotypes, and the enduring marks of inferiority / Leland Ware; title: Unmasking the lie: Dred Scott and the antebellum Southern honor culture / Cecil J. Hunt II; title: Whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves? / John Baugh; title: Considering reparations for Dred Scott / Alfred L. Brophy; title: Lessons for judges from Scott v. Emerson / Duane Benton; title: Missouri law, politics, and the Dred Scott case / Michael A. Wolff; title: The strange career of Dred Scott: from Fort Armstrong to Guantánamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.