The Dred Scott case historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law / edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.
| Other author | Konig, David Thomas, 1947- |
| Other author | Finkelman, Paul, 1949- |
| Other author | Bracey, Christopher Alan, 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, |
| Description | ix, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books History 2010 Subject Collection |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest. ^A594152 |
| 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 Guantánamo Bay / Paul Finkelman. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-268) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010002129 |
| ISBN | 9780821419113 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0821419110 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780821419120 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0821419129 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |