The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888–1910Univ of South Carolina Press, 2012 M11 1 - 257 pages A study of the man who led the Supreme Court as the nineteenth century ended and the twentieth began, exploring issues of property, government authority, and more. |
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... American life. It was this Court that decided Lochner v. New York (1905), providing reform-minded law professors and historians a new term of opprobrium, “The Lochner Era.” Against this background Professor Ely's book is mildly ...
... American Society for Legal History in October 1993. During the course of my research on this book, I have received valuable cooperation and assistance. I wish to thank especially Howard A. Hood and Peter J. Garland of the Massey Law ...
... American society at the end of the nineteenth century . Even as the Fuller Court became increasingly involved in supervising the economy , however , its overall record was more complex than standard accounts allow . The Court during ...
... Century , 1888-1986 ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1990 ) , 79–83 . 5. Lawrence M. Friedman , A History of American Law , 2nd ed . ( New York : Simon and Schuster , 1985 ) , 12 . 1 A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR Augusta , the capital.
... American community and was thus a potential political liability for Cleveland. Moreover, there was already a justice from New England, Horace Gray. Another serious candidate was Senator George Gray of Delaware, but his nomination would ...
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Conservative Jurisprudence in the Age of Enterprise | |
Safeguarding Entrepreneurial Liberty | |
Defending the National Market | |
Civil Liberties Equal Rights and Criminal Justice | |
Issues of Government | |
Private Litigation | |
Betting on the Future | |