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Redeeming And Living With Evil, Mark A. Graber Jan 2012

Redeeming And Living With Evil, Mark A. Graber

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Jack Balkin’s Constitutional Redemption and Sandy Levinson’s Constitutional Faith understand the problem of constitutional evil quite differently than Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil. Balkin and Levinson regard constitutional redemption and faith as rooted in the possibility that Americans will eventually defeat evil. Constitutional Evil takes the far more pessimistic view that evil will never be defeated. Constitutional faith and redemption in our permanently fallen state is rooted in the possibility that Americans will find ways of living with each other peaceably knowing that the price of union is the continual obligation to make what the abolitionist …


The Impact Of The Thirteenth Amendment On The Common Law, David S. Bogen Feb 2011

The Impact Of The Thirteenth Amendment On The Common Law, David S. Bogen

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Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment: A Response To Professor Tsesis, Jennifer Mason Mcaward Feb 2011

Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment: A Response To Professor Tsesis, Jennifer Mason Mcaward

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The Thirteenth Amendment, Interest Convergence, And The Badges And Incidents Of Slavery, William M. Carter Jr. Feb 2011

The Thirteenth Amendment, Interest Convergence, And The Badges And Incidents Of Slavery, William M. Carter Jr.

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This article explores the gap between the Thirteenth Amendment's promise and its implementation.


Involuntary Servitude, Public Accommodations Laws, And The Legacy Of Heart Of Atlanta Motel V. United States , Linda C. Mcclain Feb 2011

Involuntary Servitude, Public Accommodations Laws, And The Legacy Of Heart Of Atlanta Motel V. United States , Linda C. Mcclain

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Why Originalism Is Of So Little Use In Interpreting The Thirteenth Amendment, Henry L. Chambers Feb 2011

Why Originalism Is Of So Little Use In Interpreting The Thirteenth Amendment, Henry L. Chambers

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The 13th Amendment affords two very different visions. One vision limits the 13th Amendment’s scope to ending slavery and involuntary servitude without more. The second expands the 13th Amendment’s scope to include an anti-subordination principle. Proponents of both visions rely on originalism to support their visions. Unfortunately, originalism does not help us reach a clearly correct conclusion regarding the scope of the 13th Amendment.

That is fine, because the core question regarding the interpretation of the 13th Amendment ought to be whether the amendment is constitutionally transformative. That is, does the 13th Amendment announce a constitutional principle that requires that …


Getting Right Without Lincoln, Daniel W. Hamilton Feb 2011

Getting Right Without Lincoln, Daniel W. Hamilton

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This short piece is taken from a review of the three important books considered below. This review is part of my current exploration of the historiography of slavery and the Constitution in Civil War legal history.

Brian McGinty, Lincoln and the Court; Stephen C. Neff, Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War; Lea VanderVelde, Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery’s Frontier


The Slavery And Involuntary Servitude Of Immigrant Workers: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Maria L. Ontiveros Feb 2011

The Slavery And Involuntary Servitude Of Immigrant Workers: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Maria L. Ontiveros

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The Thirteenth Amendment And Constitutional Theory, Earl Maltz Feb 2011

The Thirteenth Amendment And Constitutional Theory, Earl Maltz

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States Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, And The Crisis Of The Union, Paul Finkelman Feb 2011

States Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, And The Crisis Of The Union, Paul Finkelman

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The Reconstruction Power, Jack M. Balkin Feb 2011

The Reconstruction Power, Jack M. Balkin

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Slavery And The Phenomenology Of Torture, Sanford Levinson Feb 2011

Slavery And The Phenomenology Of Torture, Sanford Levinson

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From Racial Discrimination To Separate But Equal: The Common Law Impact Of The Thirteenth Amendment, David S. Bogen Jan 2011

From Racial Discrimination To Separate But Equal: The Common Law Impact Of The Thirteenth Amendment, David S. Bogen

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Many forces produced the shift in the United States from the acceptance of slavery and racial inequality to the doctrine of separate but equal. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and authorized legislation to enforce that abolition, but these well-known direct effects are only part of the story. This paper examines the Amendment’s indirect impact on racial discrimination – furthering a standard of equality in public relationships without threatening the existing racial separation. The Amendment is evidence of a change in values that justified overturning prior decisions, and abolition created a new context for legislation and common law decisions. It reinforced …


Why The Reparations Movement Should Fail, Gregory Kane Jan 2003

Why The Reparations Movement Should Fail, Gregory Kane

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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