Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

7-4-2007

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Public Law & Legal Theory; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; delete2; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

Considering Reparations for the Dred Scott Case which was prepared for a volume reassessing Dred Scott on its 150th anniversary asks how the case might fit into discussion of reparations for slavery Is some reparative action advisable for that case standing by itself Or might Dred Scott be used as part of a larger discussion The essay begins with a brief assessment of where the movement for reparations for slavery is right now then it turns to the case and asks what the Supreme Courts culpability might be and what if any harm the opinion causes today The paper then turns to what reparations models might fit Dred Scott today including a truth commission apology or reconstructed doctrine surrounding the Reconstruction Amendments

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