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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... questions that I have endeavored to answer. The conclusions may cause us to recast the conventional interpretation of the significance and impact of the Fuller Court. Given the nature of this project, it was necessary to.
... question of economic regulation, which would occupy so much of his time while he was chief justice, in an 1879 memorial address honoring Judge Sidney Breese of the Illinois Supreme Court. This afforded Fuller an opportunity to comment ...
... questions with respect to Fuller's brief political career, his opposition to the issuance of legal tender notes, and his professional conduct. Fuller's political activities during the Civil War furnished ample ammunition for his critics ...
... . Fuller's backers responded that , whatever his personal opinion , he would accept the Julliard precedent and not seek to reopen the legal tender question.65 Finally , two Chicago residents questioned Fuller's character . They.
... questions. One of the issues Fuller discussed was the balance between the states and the federal government. Although he noted the increased power of the federal government, Fuller stressed the vital importance of the states. In his ...
Contents
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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 | |