Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court Division and discord : the Supreme Court under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1570033188
ISBN 13
9781570033186
DDC
347.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
xv, 298 pages
Subject
Biography
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Abstract
"Division and Discord offers a comprehensive appraisal of the Supreme Court during the fractious period that bridged the court-packing fight of the Hughes years and the rights explosion of the Warren era. During the dozen years that Melvin I. Urofsky reviews in this volume, the Court ruled on a range of controversial cases, including the internment of the Japanese, the guilt of the Rosenbergs, and the crimes of Nazi saboteurs. At the same time the judicial body struggled internally to balance the strong wills of some of the most important figures in U.S. judicial history--Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, and Robert H. Jackson. Urofsky contends that these years play a critical role in modern constitutional history and are not merely a colorful interlude between two better-known eras of Supreme Court history. These years signaled a fundamental upheaval in U.S. jurisprudence--the shift in focus from the protection of private property to the protection of individual liberties." - Amazon
Description
Content:
The Stone Court -- the Court at War -- The Expansion of Individual Rights -- Umpire of the Federal System -- Transition -- The Cold War -- The Rights of Labor -- Incorporation and Due Process -- The Road to Brown -- Appendix : Members of the Supreme Court, 1941-1953, and Dates of Service.
The Stone Court -- the Court at War -- The Expansion of Individual Rights -- Umpire of the Federal System -- Transition -- The Cold War -- The Rights of Labor -- Incorporation and Due Process -- The Road to Brown -- Appendix : Members of the Supreme Court, 1941-1953, and Dates of Service.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
This series (Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court) is organized under SOUTH for (University of South Carolina Press) and then by author (Urofsky, Melvin I.).
This series (Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court) is organized under SOUTH for (University of South Carolina Press) and then by author (Urofsky, Melvin I.).
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