OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES DEVISE. THE HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME IIIFiss, Owen M.Item #: 60614 Pages: xix, 426 pp. Published: Port Chester; Cambridge University Press; 2006. Reprinted in 2006. Subjects: BIOGRAPHY/WRITINGS ON LEGAL MINDS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, JURISPRUDENCE A highly interpretive and eminently readable study of theSupreme Court during the period in which Melvin Fuller wasChief Justice, offering a complete account of the cases theCourt saw during one of the most tumultuous times in U.S.history. The legacy of the Supreme Court at the turn of thecentury has largely been negative: decisions such asLochner v. New York (1905), Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & TrustCo. (1895), In re Debs (1895), and Plessy v. Ferguson havebeen seen by subsequent generations of lawyers and judgesas embodying a judicial method and philosophy that should beavoided at all costs. This book places these decisions intheir historical context.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |