The Passenger Cases and the commerce clause : immigrants, blacks, and states' rights in antebellum America /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freyer, Tony Allan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century.
United States. > Supreme Court.
1800 - 1899
Interstate commerce > United States > Cases.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > Cases.
States' rights (American politics)
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
LAW / Commercial / General.
Commercial policy.
Emigration and immigration law.
Interstate commerce.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
United States > Commercial policy.
United States.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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