Origins of the Dred Scott Case - Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837-1857

Informationen zum Autor Austin Allen is an assistant professor of history at the University of Houston, Downtown. Klappentext The Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and enabled slavery's westward expansion. The author tracks arguments made by Taney Court justices in the two decades prior to Dred Scott and in its immediate aftermath. He reveals that Dred Scott was an outgrowth of Jacksonian jurisprudence. Zusammenfassung Austin Allen finds that the outcome of Dred Scott hinged not on a single issue—slavery—but on a web of assumptions, agendas, and commitments held collectively and individually by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and his colleagues.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Austin Allen
• Con la collaborazione di: Kermit Hall (Editore), Timothy Huebner (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9780820328423
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2842-3
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History of the South
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri