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The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
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.
| Author(s) | By the Late Don E. Fehrenbacher (William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, Stanford University). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 756 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 10 May 2001 |
| Availability | POD |
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.
Introduction PART ONE: OUT OF THE PAST 1: Race, Slavery, and the Origins of the Republic 2: Slavery in the American Constitutional System 3: The Pursuit of Freedom 4: Expansion and Slavery in Early National Politics 5: Expansion and Slavery in a Con
The late Don E. Fehrenbacher was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University.
