Justice Stephen Field : shaping liberty from the gold rush to the gilded age
Title:
Justice Stephen Field : shaping liberty from the gold rush to the gilded age
Author:
Kens, Paul.
ISBN:
9780700608171
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Publication Information:
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1997.
Physical Description:
viii, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
A forty-niner, not a miner -- California dreaming -- Showdown at Las Mariposoas -- The tenth justice -- Vise grip on the flow of commerce -- Sound in doctrine, brave in deed -- The Pacific Club set -- Class legislation -- Stephen field's legacy.
Abstract:
Outspoken and controversial, Stephen Field served on the Supreme Court from his appointment by Lincoln in 1863 through the closing years of the century. No justice had ever served longer on the Court, and few were as determined to use the Court to lead the nation into a new and exciting era. Paul Kens shows how Field ascended to such prominence, what influenced his legal thought and court opinions, and why both are still very relevant today. --from publisher description
Local Note:
Gift - John D. Fassett.
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Electronic Access:
Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a8j9-aa