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050 00 $aKF228.S27$bG74 2009
082 00 $a342.7308/7$222
100 1 $aGreenberg, Ethan,$d1957-
245 10 $aDred Scott and the dangers of a political court /$cEthan Greenberg.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bLexington Books,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 328 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA slave's life -- False promise of freedom : Scott's state court trials -- "A dark and fell spirit" : the Missouri Supreme Court reverses -- New trial and defeat in St. Louis federal court -- At the summit : argument and reargument before the U.S. Supreme Court -- The president-elect secretly intervenes -- "The South is doomed" : Chief Justice Roger Taney -- Taney's opinion of the court : an overview -- Can a black man be a true American? : Taney on Negro citizenship -- "Upon these considerations" : Taney strikes down the Missouri compromise -- The road not taken : Taney on choice of law and res judicata -- The majority concurs (after a fashion) -- Two ringing dissents -- Reaction and the way to Civil War -- The use and misuse of history -- The aspirationalist critique : "indifference to injustice" -- The originalist critique : "first cousin to Roe" -- The traditional "judicial restraint" critique -- Dred Scott and the dangers of a political court.
600 10 $aScott, Dred,$d1809-1858$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aSanford, John F. A.,$d1806 or 1807-1857$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States.
600 10 $aSanford, John F.A., 1806- or 7-1857$xTrials, litigation, etc.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
988 $a20091209
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