Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil

by Mark Graber

Book Overview

Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil concerns what is entailed by pledging allegiance to a constitutional text and tradition saturated with concessions to evil. The Constitution of the United States was originally understood as an effort to mediate controversies between persons who disputed fundamental values, and did not offer a vision of the good society. In order to form a more perfect union with slaveholders, late-eighteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521861659
• ISBN13: 9780521861656
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"