by EthanGreenberg (Author)
Dred Scott exemplies neither originalism nor aspirationalism gone wrong, as many modern critics now argue. Rather, the Dred Scott Court erred chiefly because the majority gave in to the still-relevant temptation to subordinate honest legal reasoning to the pursuit of what the majority regarded as a noble and crucial political agenda-in this case, to protect slavery and the political power of the slave-holding South, and thereby preserve the Union.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 340
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 16 Dec 2009
ISBN 10: 0739137581
ISBN 13: 9780739137581