03587nam 22007454a 450 991082426960332120200520144314.01-107-16826-01-280-55056-20-511-80537-30-511-22582-20-511-22639-X0-511-22453-20-511-31724-70-511-22520-2(CKB)1000000000352160(EBL)268251(OCoLC)780949799(SSID)ssj0000141410(PQKBManifestationID)11157833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141410(PQKBWorkID)10079786(PQKB)10034602(UkCbUP)CR9780511805370(MiAaPQ)EBC268251(MiAaPQ)EBC4949649(Au-PeEL)EBL268251(CaPaEBR)ebr10137575(Au-PeEL)EBL4949649(CaONFJC)MIL55056(OCoLC)819634931(EXLCZ)99100000000035216020060213d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDred Scott and the problem of constitutional evil /Mark A. Graber1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20061 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies on the American ConstitutionTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-72857-6 0-521-86165-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The lessons of Dred Scott -- The constitutional politics of slavery -- Compromising with evil.Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil , first published in 2006, concerns what is entailed by pledging allegiance to a constitutional text and tradition saturated with concessions to evil. The Constitution of the United States was originally understood as an effort to mediate controversies between persons who disputed fundamental values, and did not offer a vision of the good society. In order to form a 'more perfect union' with slaveholders, late-eighteenth-century citizens fashioned a constitution that plainly compelled some injustices and was silent or ambiguous on other questions of fundamental right. This constitutional relationship could survive only as long as a bisectional consensus was required to resolve all constitutional questions not settled in 1787. Dred Scott challenges persons committed to human freedom to determine whether antislavery northerners should have provided more accommodations for slavery than were constitutionally strictly necessary or risked the enormous destruction of life and property that preceded Lincoln's new birth of freedom.Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.SlaveryLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistorySlaveryUnited StatesLegal status of slaves in free statesConstitutional historyUnited StatesSlaveryLaw and legislationHistory.SlaveryLegal status of slaves in free states.Constitutional history342.7308/7Graber Mark A882716MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824269603321Dred Scott and the problem of constitutional evil4022048UNINA