Dred Scott and the Dangers of a Political Court
Publisher: Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780739137598
Copyright date: 2009
Description: 1st paperback ed.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : History.; title: Preface : Dred Scott in a house divided; title: A slave's life; title: False promise of freedom : Scott's state court trials; title: "A dark and fell spirit" : the Missouri Supreme Court reverses; title: New trial and defeat in St. Louis federal court; title: At the summit : argument and reargument before the U.S. Supreme Court; title: The president-elect secretly intervenes; title: "The South is doomed" : Chief Justice Roger Taney; title: Part 2 : Law.; title: Taney's opinion of the court : an overview; title: Can a black man be a true American? : Taney on Negro citizenship; title: "Upon these considerations" : Taney strikes down the Missouri compromise; title: The road not taken : Taney on choice of law and res judicata; title: The majority concurs (after a fashion); title: Two ringing dissents; title: Reaction and the way to Civil War; title: Part 3 : Analysis.; title: The use and misuse of history; title: The aspirationalist critique : "indifference to injustice"; title: The originalist critique : "first cousin" to Roe; title: The traditional "judicial restraint" critique; title: Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court