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Traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court decision that defined the rights of slaves in the United States.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 6-9‘Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom, citing the fact that his travel to free states with his owner made him a free man. The courts not only disagreed with this statement, but stated that blacks were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. One of the many far-reaching results of this decision was the Civil War. Consequently, the case is considered one of the most important decisions of the Supreme Court. Lukes does an adequate job of explaining the various legal manipulations involved in the case. However, Scott himself remains a mysterious historical figure rather than a real person. The result is a dry, factual book suitable for reports. Average-quality, black-and-white reproductions accompany the text. Much of the same material is covered with the same level of readability in D. J. Herda's The Dred Scott Case (Enslow, 1994), so libraries that own that title may want to pass on this one unless more sources are desperately needed.‘Melissa Hudak, North Suburban District Library, Roscoe, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Gr. 9^-12. Part of the Famous Trials series, which includes Nardo's The Scopes Trial [BKL My 1 97], these titles provide an in-depth look at landmark court cases and consider how laws are applied in society and whether justice has been served. The issues in the Dred Scott case are crucial, but the narrative is laborious and dull, bogged down in minutiae of legal process and with so much detailed chronology of events that it is hard to get at the issues of slavery and citizenship that made this a landmark case. The book about Socrates is much more accessible, evoking both the Greek city-state of Athens and the individual struggle of the great philosopher as well as his enduring legacy. The trial is dramatic, and the ethical and legal issues are clearly defined. The cramped design does not make for easy reading, but with annotated bibliographies, extensive quotes of primary source material, and lots of sidebars and contemporary prints that provide historical context, both books will be useful for student research. --Hazel Rochman