Dred Scott Case - Its Significance in American Law and Politics

Zusatztext "This book confirms Fehrenbacher's preeminence among historians of the sectional controversy."--Stanley I. Kutler, The Journal of American History Informationen zum Autor The late Don E. Fehrenbacher was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University. Klappentext Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979! "The Dred Scott Case" is a masterful examination of our nation's most famous example of judicial failure--the case referred to as "the most frequently overturned decision in history". 5 line illustrations. Zusammenfassung Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion.

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• Authors: Don E. Fehrenbacher, the Late Don E. (William Robertson C Fehrenbacher, the Late Don E. (William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies Fehrenbacher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2001
• EAN: 9780195145885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-514588-5
• No. of pages: 756
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, LAW / Constitutional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General