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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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criminology
law and justice
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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psychology and law
trial processes
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
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psychology and law
trial processes
United States Supreme Court
key people in the study of the us congress
social science subjects
sociology
race, ethnicity and migration
legislation, court decisions, and treaties
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Definition
- In the annals of the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, there is one case that is consistently ranked as the worst decision ever made by the Court. This is the Dred Scott case, officially known as Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Dred Scott Case]
Broader concept
Date
- 1857
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
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