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.
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ISBN | 9780739137598 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Lexington Books |
Jahr | 20100801 |
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