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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.
91. 5.4K views Streamed 6 years ago. Legal historian Paul Finkelman discusses his book Supreme Injustice, which highlights the three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil...
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.
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 black...
Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court Paul Finkelman Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2018 288 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by John Ruston Pagan, university professor and professor of law, emeritus, at the University of Richmond. Book Reviews 77.
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.
3 de dic. de 2018 · Supreme Injustice contains no call to topple monuments or to rewrite history books. [Finkelman] simply lays out a convincing case that we must in thinking about our national heritage grapple with the unsettling truths about the humanity we denied slaves and the legal protections we gave their owners.
