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

by Oxford University Press

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195024036
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/19/1978
Pages:	754
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.44(d)

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"This book confirms Fehrenbacher's preeminence among historians of the sectional controversy."—Stanley I. Kutler, The Journal of American History