Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court
By: Ethan Greenberg.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780739137581
Subjects: Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Sanford, John F.A., 1806- or 7-1857 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A slave's life; title: False promise of freedom : Scott's state court trials; title: "A dark and fell spirit" : Missouri's 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: 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: 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.