The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law / edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.

Contributor(s): Konig, David Thomas, 1947- [editor.] | Finkelman, Paul, 1949- [editor.] | Bracey, Christopher Alan, 1970- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the MidwestPublisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2010]Copyright date: 2010Description: 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780821443286Subject(s): Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- History | Constitutional history -- United States | United States -- Race relations -- History | United States -- History -- 1849-1877Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law.DDC classification: 342.7308/7 LOC classification: KF228.S27 | D74 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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 Guantanamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.
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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 Guantanamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.

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