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Item Details
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THE DRED SCOTT CASE
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND LAW |
| By: |
David Thomas Konig (Editor), Paul Finkelman (Editor), Christopher Alan Bracey (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£46.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0821419110 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780821419113 |
| Publisher: |
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 June, 2010 |
| Series: |
Law Society & Politics in the Midwest |
| Pages: |
292 |
| Description: |
In 1846, two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St Louis, Missouri. It is the first true civil rights case decided by the US Supreme Court. This title offers a collection of essays that revisits the history of the case and its aftermath in American life and law. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford raised issues that have not been fully resolved despite three amendments to the Constitution and more than a century and a half of litigation. The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law presents original research and the reflections of the nation\u2019s leading scholars who gathered in St. Louis to mark the 150th anniversary of what was arguably the most infamous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision that held that African Americans \u201chad no rights\u201d under the Constitution and that Congress had no authority to alter that galvanized Americans and thrust the issue of race and law to the center of American politics. This collection of essays revisits the history of the case and its aftermath in American life and law.In a final section, the present-day justices of the Missouri Supreme Court offer their reflections on the process of judging and provide perspective on the misdeeds of their nineteenth-century predecessors who denied the Scotts their freedom. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Ohio University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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