Reconstructing reconstruction : the Supreme Court and the production of historical truth
Examines the post-Civil War struggle between competing political and legal interpretations of slavery and Reconstruction to reveal how accepted historical truth was established. Offering an approach to the subject of original intent, this book will interest legal historians and scholars of constitutional law and the sociology of law.
History
xi, 272 pages ; 24 cm
9780822323167, 9780822322849, 0822323168, 0822322846
39539167
Slavery as an interpretive issue in the 39th reconstruction congress: the northern Democrats
Republican slavery criticism
The Supreme Court's official history
Dueling histories: Charles Fairman and William Crosskey reconstruct "original understanding"
Recipes for "acceptable" history
History as an institutional resource: Warren Court debates over legislative apportionment
Constitutional law as a "culture of argument": toward a sociology of constitutional law