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
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 2014
Series:Landmark law cases & American society
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century
Interstate commerce > United States > Cases
Emigration and immigration law > United States > Cases
States' rights (American politics)
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History
United States > Commercial policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Origins and precedent in law and politics, 1819-1837
  • 2. Federal and state court litigations, 1837-1843
  • 3. Alien tax cases appealed in crises, 1843-1848
  • 4. Passenger Cases: divided decision and opinions, 1848-1849
  • 5. Passenger Cases: precedential significance, 1849-1870
  • 6. Federal supremacy and a mixed legacy of the Passenger Cases
  • Conclusions
  • Chronology
  • Bibliographical essay

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