The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law /
edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.
- 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations.
- Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest .
- Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
Constitutional law and the legitimation of history : the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig -- Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case : the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson -- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber -- The legacy of the Dred Scott case : the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis -- An exaggerated legacy : Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen -- Emancipation and contract law : litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. Hamilton -- Dred Scott, human dignity, and the quest for a culture of equality / Christopher Alan Bracey -- Dred Scott, racial stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" / Leland Ware -- Unmasking the lie : Dred Scott and the antebellum Southern honor culture / Cecil J. Hunt -- Whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves? / John Baugh -- Considering reparations for Dred Scott / Alfred L. Brophy -- Lessons for judges from Scott v. Emerson / Duane Benton -- Missouri law, politics, and the Dred Scott case / Michael A. Wolff -- The strange career of Dred Scott : from Fort Armstrong to Guant�anamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.
9780821443286 (e-book)
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states--History.--United States
Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Race relations--History.
United States--History--1849-1877.
Electronic books.
KF228.S27 / D74 2010eb
342.7308/7
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
Constitutional law and the legitimation of history : the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig -- Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case : the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson -- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber -- The legacy of the Dred Scott case : the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis -- An exaggerated legacy : Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen -- Emancipation and contract law : litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. Hamilton -- Dred Scott, human dignity, and the quest for a culture of equality / Christopher Alan Bracey -- Dred Scott, racial stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" / Leland Ware -- Unmasking the lie : Dred Scott and the antebellum Southern honor culture / Cecil J. Hunt -- Whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves? / John Baugh -- Considering reparations for Dred Scott / Alfred L. Brophy -- Lessons for judges from Scott v. Emerson / Duane Benton -- Missouri law, politics, and the Dred Scott case / Michael A. Wolff -- The strange career of Dred Scott : from Fort Armstrong to Guant�anamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.
9780821443286 (e-book)
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states--History.--United States
Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Race relations--History.
United States--History--1849-1877.
Electronic books.
KF228.S27 / D74 2010eb
342.7308/7