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The Dred Scott Case : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821443286
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Dred Scott CaseDDC classification:
  • 342.7308/7
LOC classification:
  • KF228.S27 -- D74 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical Perspectives - The Power of the Past -- 1. Constitutional Law and the Legitimation of History -- 2. Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott Case -- Part II: Historical Perspectives - The Legacy of Dred Scott -- 3. John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the Problem of Constitutional Evil -- 4. The Legacy of the Dred Scott Case -- 5. An Exaggerated Legacy -- 6. Emancipation and Contract Law -- Part III: Contemporary Perspectives -- 7. Dred Scott, Human Dignity, and the Quest for a Culture of Equality -- 8. Dred Scott, Racial Stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" -- 9. Unmasking the Lie -- 10. Whose Ancestors Were Imported into This Country and Sold as Slaves? -- 11. Considering Reparations for Dred Scott -- Part IV: Judicial Perspectives -- 12. Lessons for Judges from Scott v. Emerson -- 13. Missouri Law, Politics, and the Dred Scott Case -- 14. The Strange Career of Dred Scott -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical Perspectives - The Power of the Past -- 1. Constitutional Law and the Legitimation of History -- 2. Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott Case -- Part II: Historical Perspectives - The Legacy of Dred Scott -- 3. John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the Problem of Constitutional Evil -- 4. The Legacy of the Dred Scott Case -- 5. An Exaggerated Legacy -- 6. Emancipation and Contract Law -- Part III: Contemporary Perspectives -- 7. Dred Scott, Human Dignity, and the Quest for a Culture of Equality -- 8. Dred Scott, Racial Stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" -- 9. Unmasking the Lie -- 10. Whose Ancestors Were Imported into This Country and Sold as Slaves? -- 11. Considering Reparations for Dred Scott -- Part IV: Judicial Perspectives -- 12. Lessons for Judges from Scott v. Emerson -- 13. Missouri Law, Politics, and the Dred Scott Case -- 14. The Strange Career of Dred Scott -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

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.

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