Vol. 82, Issue 1

150th Anniversary of Dred Scott

SYMPOSIUM EDITORS
Paul Finkelman
Jack M. Balkin
Sanford Levinson

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND ARTICLE ABSTRACTS

SCOTT v. SANFORD:
THE COURT’S MOST DREADFUL CASE AND HOW IT CHANGED HISTORY

Paul Finkelman

THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT DRED SCOTT
Jack M. Balkin and Sanford Levinson

DRED SCOTT AND THE CRISIS OF 1860
Louise Weinberg

RETHINKING DRED SCOTT:
NEW CONTEXT FOR AN OLD CASE

Austin Allen

THE NEW FICTION:
DRED SCOTT AND THE LANGUAGE OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Mark A. Graber

DRED SCOTT:
TIERED CITIZENSHIP AND TIERED PERSONHOOD

Henry L. Chambers, Jr.

THE EMERGENCE OF EQUALITY AS A CONSTITUTIONAL VALUE:
THE FIRST CENTURY

William M. Wiecek

THE LAST ANGRY MAN:
BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS AND THE DRED SCOTT CASE

Earl M. Maltz

BENJAMIN CURTIS: TOP OF THE LIST
R. Owen Williams

LEGALITY AND LEGITIMACY IN DRED SCOTT:
THE CRISIS OF THE INCOMPLETE CONSTITUTION

Michael P. Zuckert

WHAT WAS TANEY THINKING?
AMERICAN INDIAN CITIZENSHIP IN THE ERA OF DRED SCOTT

Frederick E. Hoxie

STAY EAST, YOUNG MAN?
MARKET REPERCUSSIONS OF THE DRED SCOTT CASE

Jenny B. Wahl

FOREIGN AUTHORITY, AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, AND THE DRED SCOTT CASE
Sarah H. Cleveland

STUDENT NOTES

DIVINE INTERVENTION:
RE-EXAMINING THE “ACT OF GOD” DEFENSE IN A POST-KATRINA WORLD

Joel Eagle

SEARCHING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK:
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF POLICE DNA DRAGNETS

Sepideh Esmaili

SIGNED GENERAL RELEASES MAY BE WORTH LESS THAN EMPLOYERS EXPECTED:
CIRCUITS SPLIT ON WHETHER FORMER EMPLOYEE CAN SIGN RELEASE, REAP ITS BENEFITS AND SUE FOR FMLA CLAIM

Muniza Bawaney