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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... writing this volume. Herbert A. Johnson, the general editor of the chief justices of the United States series, provided constant encouragement and sage advice. I am especially indebted to Herman Belz, Jon W. Bruce, Paul Kens, A. E. Keir ...
... writing poetry. Democratic Party politics also claimed his attention. In 1852 Fuller helped form a Granite Club at Bowdoin to support Franklin Pierce's campaign for the presidency. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Fuller graduated from ...
... writing opinions and his expertise in particular fields of law.45 Thus he usually assigned patent and admiralty cases to Justices Samuel Blatchford and Henry Billings Brown and opinions involving mining law to Field. Fuller also ...
... writing for the Court more often than any other justice during his period of service. According to one calculation, Fuller was the fifth most productive opinion writer in the Court's history.49 Fuller was especially active during his ...
... writer whom you read for literary " 50 enjoyment . " His prolix manner of expression also tended to diminish Fuller's influence on later jurisprudence . Since the time of John Marshall , chief justices had consistently endeavored to ...
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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 | |