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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... limited government , respect for private property , state autonomy that infused his decision making . Fuller's judicial record marked him as a political and economic conservative , but he was willing to innovate in many fields of law ...
... far can they be justified in this country since that event, and how far are they reconcilable with liberty?” In a departure from his usual insistence upon limited government , Fuller was somewhat ambivalent about the outcome in.
... limited government , aversion to paternalism , and respect for state authority would be hallmarks of his constitutional jurisprudence . Fuller's success in the practice of law reinforced his ready acceptance of such principles ...
... limited experience in public life . Although Fuller had appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court on a number of occasions , he was hardly a known quantity to the associate justices . Several of his colleagues harbored doubts that ...
... , these circuit courts conducted trials involving the most important civil cases and exercised a limited appellate jurisdiction over the district courts. As a further complication , there was no intermediate court of appeals ;
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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 | |