| Description |
xxii, 362 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude to conflict : the Marshall court and The antelope -- The Marshall court and federalism -- Sectionalism and the rise of the second-party system -- The Supreme Court in the early 1840s -- United States v. The Amistad -- Slavery, the commerce power, and Groves v. Slaughter -- The problem of fugitive slaves -- Assessment -- Slavery and territorial expansion -- The controversy over fugitive slaves, 1843-1853 -- The Supreme Court in 1846 -- Revisiting the commerce power -- The ongoing struggle over fugitive slaves -- Prelude to Dred Scott : Strader v. Graham and the doctrine of reattachment -- Assessment -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Anthony Burns affair, and the demise of the second-party system -- The Supreme Court in the mid-1850s -- Ableman v. Booth, part 1: northern nullification -- Dred Scott, part 1: the road to the Supreme Court -- The court on the brink -- Sectionalism on the march -- Dred Scott, part 2: reargument and reconsideration -- Dred Scott, part 3: the opinions of the justices -- Dred Scott, part 4: the reaction to the court's decision -- Ableman v. Booth, part 2: the court decides -- The election of 1860 -- Kentucky v. Dennison and the problem of extradition. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780700616664 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700616667 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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