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John Marshall Harlan : the last Whig justice
Title:
John Marshall Harlan : the last Whig justice
Author:
Beth, Loren P.
ISBN:
9780813117782
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1992.
Physical Description:
vi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
PART I. THE ROAD TO THE SUPREME COURT. Kentucky childhood, 1833-1854 ; Kentucky lawyer-politician, 1855-1860 ; Kentucky unionist, 1861 ; Union soldier, 1861-1863 ; Into the political wilderness, 1863-1867 ; Kentucky republican, 1868-1875 ; Kingmaker, 1876 ; The fruits of success, 1877 ; Political reward, 1877 -- PART II. JUDICIAL CAREER. Associate justice, 1877-1887 ; Associate justice, 1887-1897 ; Associate justice, 1897-1911 -- PART III. JUDICIAL OPINIONS. Interstate commerce ; Substantive due process ; Criminal procedure in the states ; Civil rights ; The income tax ; The insular cases ; Other issues ; Man, politician, judge.
Local Note:
Gift - John D. Fassett.