Bøker av Earl M. Maltz

Chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. Compellingly details the struggle over his fate and how that became a focal point for national controversy. Reveals how the case became one of the most dramatic and widely publicized events in the long-running conflict over the issue of fugitive slaves.

By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system.

This text calls for a re-evaluation of US Constitutional theory. The work re-orients the debate between originalists (those who believe that judges should be bound by the original understanding in constitutional adjudication) and non-originalists.