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Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861
Earl M. Maltz
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Hardcover. During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. Much scholarship has been devoted to individual cases and to the Taney Court, but this is the first comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Earl Maltz presents a detailed analysis of all eight cases and explains how each fit into the slavery politics of its time, beginning with The Antelope, heard by the John Marshall Court, and continuing with ... Read more
During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. Much scholarship has been devoted to individual cases and to the Taney Court, but this is the first comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Earl Maltz presents a detailed analysis of all eight cases and explains how each fit into the slavery politics of its time, beginning with The Antelope, heard by the John Marshall Court, and continuing with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616664
SKU
V9780700616664
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About Earl M. Maltz
Earl M. Maltz is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University - Camden and author or editor of six other books, including Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery and Civil Rights, the Constitution, and Congress, 1863-1869.
Reviews for Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861
This is legal history as it should be: dispassionate, doctrinally sophisticated, and deeply rooted in political context. It will become the standard against which are measured all other studies of the High Court's slavery cases. Peter Charles Hoffer, coauthor of The Supreme Court: An Essential History ""Maltz sensitively combines legal analysis with attention to the political environment in which the ... Read more