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The Passenger Cases and the Commerce Clause : Immigrants, Blacks, and States' Rights in Antebellum America /

"In 1849 Chief Justice Taney's Court delivered a 5-4 decision on the legal status of immigrants and free blacks under the federal commerce power. The closely divided decision, further emphasized by the fact there were eight opinions, played a part in the increasingly contested politics ove...

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Autor principal: Freyer, Tony Allan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Origins and Precedents in Law and Politics, 1819â#x80;#x93;1837; 2. Federal and State Court Litigations, 1837â#x80;#x93;1843; 3. Alien Tax Cases Appealed in Crises, 1843â#x80;#x93;1848; 4. Passenger Cases: Divided Decision and Opinions, 1848â#x80;#x93;1849; 5. Passenger Cases: Precedential Significance, 1849â#x80;#x93;1870; 6. Federal Supremacy and a Mixed Legacy of the Passenger Cases; Conclusions; Chronology; Bibliographical Essay; Index; Back Cover