The road not taken: Dred Scott, judicial authority, and political questions

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 365-391

  Whittington, Keith E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00071     Document Type: Article

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