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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freyer, Tony Allan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire > 19e siecle.
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century.
States' rights (American politics)
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Interstate commerce.
Emigration and immigration law.
Commercial policy.
LAW > Commercial > General.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > Cases.
Interstate commerce > United States > Cases.
United States.
United States > Commercial policy.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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