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The Waite court : justices, rulings, and legacy / Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr.

Van Pelt Library KF8742 .S742 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stephenson, D. Grier.
Series:
ABC-CLIO Supreme Court handbooks
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Waite, Morrison R. (Morrison Remick), 1816-1888.
Waite, Morrison R.
United States. Supreme Court--History--19th century.
United States.
United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional history.
History.
Physical Description:
xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003]
Contents:
Part 1 Justices, Rulings, and Legacy 1
1 The Waite Court and the Period 3
Legacy of the Chase Court 4
The Waite Court: A Collective Portrait 10
Assembling the Waite Court 16
A Changing America 33
Expanding Jurisdiction, Exploding Docket 35
The Business of the Waite Court 38
The Waite Court at Work 47
2 The Justices 55
The Buchanan Appointment 57
The Lincoln Appointments 63
The Grant Appointments 88
The Hayes Appointments 110
The Garfield Appointment 121
The Arthur Appointments 127
The Cleveland Appointment 138
3 Major Decisions 145
Prelude: The Reconstruction Amendments and The Slaughterhouse Cases 145
Civil Rights 153
The Bill of Rights 169
Due Process of Law and the State Police Power 188
The Commerce Clause 200
4 Legacy and Impact 221
Part Classical, Part Modern: The Waite Bench as a Transition Court 223
The Justices and the Electoral Commission of 1877 228
Waite as Court Leader 236
The Waite Court at the Bar of History 244.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index.
ISBN:
1576078299
1576078302
OCLC:
53045208

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