Foundations of Power

Foundations of Power
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Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages : 740
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106005422321
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Synopsis Foundations of Power by : George Lee Haskins

The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought

The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 0195147138
ISBN-13 : 9780195147131
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Synopsis The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought by : William M. Wiecek

This volume examines legal ideology in the US from the height of the Gilded Age through the time of the New Deal, when the Supreme Court began to discard orthodox thought in favour of more modernist approaches to law. Wiecek places this era of legal thought in its historical context, integrating social, economic, and intellectual analyses.

"Let No Guilty Man Escape"

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0806133066
ISBN-13 : 9780806133065
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis "Let No Guilty Man Escape" by : Roger Harold Tuller

""Let No Guilty Man Escape," the first new Parker biography in four decades, corrects this simplistic image by presenting Parker's unique brand of frontier justice within the legal and political context of his time. Using primary documents from the National Archives, Missouri court records, and other sources not included by previous biographers, Roger H. Tuller demonstrates that Parker was an ambitious attorney who used the law to advance his own career. Parker rose from a frontier Missouri lawyer to become a congressional representative, and when Reconstructionist-era politics denied him continued progress, he sought the judicial appointment for which he is most remembered."--BOOK JACKET.

American Constitutionalism

American Constitutionalism
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9781400822126
ISBN-13 : 1400822122
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Synopsis American Constitutionalism by : Stephen M. Griffin

Despite the outpouring of works on constitutional theory in the past several decades, no general introduction to the field has been available. Stephen Griffin provides here an original contribution to American constitutional theory in the form of a short, lucid introduction to the subject for scholars and an informed lay audience. He surveys in an unpolemical way the theoretical issues raised by judicial practice in the United States over the past three centuries, particularly since the Warren Court, and locates both theory and practices that have inspired dispute among jurists and scholars in historical context. At the same time he advances an argument about the distinctive nature of our American constitutionalism, regarding it as an instance of the interpenetration of law and politics. American Constitutionalism is unique in considering the perspectives of both law and political science in relation to constitutional theory. Constitutional theories produced by legal scholars do not usually discuss state-centered theories of American politics, the importance of institutions, behaviorist research on judicial decision making, or questions of constitutional reform, but this book takes into account the political science literature on these and other topics. The work also devotes substantial attention to judicial review and its relationship to American democracy and theories of constitutional interpretation.

The Opening of American Law

The Opening of American Law
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9780199331307
ISBN-13 : 0199331308
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Opening of American Law by : Herbert Hovenkamp

Two late Victorian ideas disrupted American legal thought: the Darwinian theory of evolution and marginalist economics. The legal thought that emerged can be called 'neoclassical', because it embodied ideas that were radically new while retaining many elements of what had gone before. Although Darwinian social science was developed earlier, in most legal disciplines outside of criminal law and race theory marginalist approaches came to dominate. This book carries these themes through a variety of legal subjects in both public and private law.

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 670
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ISBN-10 : 9780195351675
ISBN-13 : 0195351673
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis From Jim Crow to Civil Rights by : Michael J. Klarman

A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that Brown was more important for mobilizing southern white opposition to racial change than for encouraging direct-action protest. Brown unquestioningly had a significant impact--it brought race issues to public attention and it mobilized supporters of the ruling. It also, however, energized the opposition. In this authoritative account of constitutional law concerning race, Michael Klarman details, in the richest and most thorough discussion to date, how and whether Supreme Court decisions do, in fact, matter.

The Fuller Court

The Fuller Court
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781576077153
ISBN-13 : 1576077152
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fuller Court by : James W. Ely Jr.

A fresh interpretation of the workings and legacy of the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller. The Fuller Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy presents an in-depth analysis of the decisions and impact of the U.S. Supreme Court during the twenty-two year reign of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller. An exploration of key Court decisions—ranging from railroad rate regulation and the Due Process Clause to the 1894 income tax—reveals how the Court assigned a high priority to individual liberty, which it defined largely in economic terms. A revealing discussion of the Commerce Clause and the Interstate Commerce Commission shows how the Fuller Court both limited and accepted some expansion of federal authority. Profiles of the nineteen justices who served on the Fuller Court place a special emphasis on those who made the most significant impact, including John Marshall Harlan, Samuel F. Miller, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.