Dred Scott and the problem of constitutional evil

Abstract

Part I. The Lessons of Dred Scott: 1. The Dred Scott decision 2. Critiques of Dred Scott 3. Critiquing the critiques 4. Injustice and constitutional law Part II. The Constitutional Politics of Slavery: 5. The slavery compromises revisited 6. The compromises and constitutional development 7. The constitutional order modified: 1820-60 8. The constitution and the Civil War Part III. Compromising with Evil: 9. Majoritarianism and constitutional evil 10. Contract, consent, and constitutional evil 11. Constitutional relationships and constitutional evil Part IV. Voting for John Bell: 12. Lincoln v. Bell 13. Constitutional justice or constitutional peace.