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In Supreme Injustice, the distinguished legal historian Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to black freedom, and the incentives created by circumstances in his private life.
Legal historian Paul Finkelman discusses his book Supreme Injustice, which highlights the three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War—John Marshall, Roger B. Taney, and...
8 de ene. de 2018 · In Supreme Injustice, the distinguished legal historian Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to...
This book explores the slavery jurisprudence of the three most important justices on the antebellum Supreme Court—Chief Justice John Marshall, Associate Justice Joseph Story, and Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. All three believed that slavery—or more precisely, opposition to slavery—threatened national unity and political stability.
3 de dic. de 2018 · [Supreme Injustice] tells the story of three United States Supreme Court Justices…and their ‘slavery jurisprudence.’ Each of these men, Finkelman argues…shared the belief that antislavery agitation undermined the legal and political structures instituted by the Constitution…
29 de oct. de 2018 · In Supreme Injustice, the prolific Paul Finkelman takes on the three most important Supreme Court justices of the antebellum era: John Marshall, Joseph Story, and Roger B. Taney. When questions regarding slavery came before them, all three justices “invariably voted against liberty and in favor of slavery” (25).
9 de ene. de 2003 · Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000. Alan M. Dershowitz. Published: 9 January 2003. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Millions of Americans were mystified by, and outraged, by the US Supreme Court's role in deciding the presidential election of 2000.
