Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning PDF
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more information – www.cambridge.org/9781107031944 Slavery,Abortion,andthePolitics ofConstitutionalMeaning Forthepastfortyyears,prominentpro-lifeactivists,judges,and politicians have invoked the history and legacy of American slavery to elucidate aspects of contemporary abortion politics. As is often the case, many of these popular analogies have been imprecise, underdeveloped, and historically simplistic. In Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning, Justin Buckley Dyer provides the first book-length scholarly treatment of the parallels between slavery and abortion in American constitutional development. In this fascinating and wide-ranging study, Dyer demonstrates that slavery and abortionreallyarehistorically,philosophically,andlegallyinter- twined in America. The nexus, however, is subtler and more nuancedthanisoftensuggested,andtheparallelsinvolvedeep principlesofconstitutionalism. JustinBuckleyDyerisanassistantprofessorinthedepartment of political science at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He received a BA in political science and an MPA from the UniversityofOklahoma,andanMAandPhDingovernment fromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Dyer’sresearchhasbeen publishedinPolity,JournalofPolitics,PS:PoliticalScienceand Politics, Politics & Religion, and Perspectives on Political Science. He isthe author of NaturalLawand theAntislavery Constitutional Tradition (Cambridge University Press, 2012) andtheeditorofAmericanSoul:TheContestedLegacyofthe DeclarationofIndependence(2012). Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning JUSTIN BUCKLEY DYER UniversityofMissouri–Columbia cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usa www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107680746 ©JustinBuckleyDyer2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Dyer,JustinBuckley,1983– Slavery,abortion,andthepoliticsofconstitutionalmeaning/JustinBuckleyDyer. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-03194-4(hardback)–isbn978-1-107-68074-6(paperback) 1. Abortion–Politicalaspects–UnitedStates. 2. Abortion–Lawand legislation–UnitedStates. 3. Slavery–UnitedStates. 4. Slavery–Lawand legislation–UnitedStates. 5. Constitutionallaw–UnitedStates. I. Title. hq767.5.u5d93 2013 342.73–dc23 2012036929 isbn978-1-107-03194-4Hardback isbn978-1-107-68074-6Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredto inthispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch Websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ForBennettandPierce Contents Acknowledgments pageix Preface xi 1 TheConscienceofaNation 1 2 Substance,Procedure,andFourteenth AmendmentRights 14 3 DredScott,Lochner,andtheNewAbortionLiberty 43 4 ConstitutionalDisharmonyafterRoe 75 5 ThePoliticsofAbortionHistory 105 6 PrivateMorality,PublicReasons 133 7 PersonhoodandtheEthicsofLife 156 Index 189 vii
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