04264nam 2200685 450 991046423890332120200520144314.00-8214-4328-3(CKB)3170000000046999(EBL)1756223(OCoLC)885123649(SSID)ssj0000605846(PQKBManifestationID)11433675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605846(PQKBWorkID)10574964(PQKB)11350761(MiAaPQ)EBC1756223(OCoLC)746079680(MdBmJHUP)muse9408(Au-PeEL)EBL1756223(CaPaEBR)ebr10900870(EXLCZ)99317000000004699920100119h20102010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Dred Scott case historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law /edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan BraceyAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (292 p.)Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the MidwestDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1911-0 0-8214-1912-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.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. In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford raised issues that have not been fully resolved despite three amendments to the Constitution and more than a century and a half of litigation. The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law presents original research and the reflections of the nation's leading scholars who gathered in St. Louis to mark the 150th anniversary of what was arguably thOhio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.SlaveryLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistorySlaveryUnited StatesLegal status of slaves in free statesHistoryConstitutional historyUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsHistoryUnited StatesHistory1849-1877Electronic books.SlaveryLaw and legislationHistory.SlaveryLegal status of slaves in free statesHistory.Constitutional history342.7308/7Konig David Thomas1947-Finkelman Paul1949-Bracey Christopher Alan1970-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464238903321The Dred Scott case2466751UNINA