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The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics

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Availability:In StockContributor:Don E. FehrenbacherPublish date:2001-05-24Pages:768
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195145885ISBN-10:195145887UPC:9780195145885Book Category:Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Legal History, Constitutional, SlaverySize:9.31 x 6.12 x 1.94 inchesWeight:2.4229Product ID:SCJ7F7F74N

The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case referred to as "the most frequently overturned decision in history." On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the Supreme Court's decision against Dred Scott, a slave who maintained he had been emancipated as a result of having lived with...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195145885ISBN-10:195145887UPC:9780195145885Book Category:Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Legal History, Constitutional, SlaverySize:9.31 x 6.12 x 1.94 inchesWeight:2.4229Product ID:SCJ7F7F74N
The late Don E. Fehrenbacher was William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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