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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania : life and law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017 / edited by John J. Hare.
LIBRA KFP512 .P46 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania. Supreme Court--History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
- Law--Pennsylvania--History.
- Law.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 444 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "A narrative history of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Explores the court's notable decisions and why they matter in the broader context of Pennsylvania and American law and history"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / John J. Hare
- Introduction / Kenneth G. Gormley
- Selecting judges in Pennsylvania / Charles L. Becker and Ruxandra M. Laidacker
- The King's Bench powers / William S. Stickman IV
- The power of rulemaking / Renée Cohn Jubelirer, Robert L. Byer, and Meredith E. Carpenter
- The Supreme Court's singular criminal procedure work in a pivotal era / James A. Shellenberger and James A. Strazzella
- Supervising and regulating the practice of law / Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Roger B. Meilton
- Supervising and regulating the judiciary / Roger B. Meilton and Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr
- The development and improvement of Pennsylvania's judicial computer system / Hon. Joseph A. Del Sole, Amy Ceraso and Thomas B. Darr
- The Supreme Court and the separation of powers under the Pennsylvania constitution / Howard J. Bashman
- The Supreme Court and religious liberty : the competing visions of William Penn and Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson / Gary S. Gildin
- Free expression vs. reputation : the Supreme Court's problematic weighing of interests / Carl A. Solano and Edward J. Sholinsky
- Women on the court and the court on women / Deborah L. Brake and Susan Frietsche
- Article I, section 28 of the Pennsylvania constitution : prohibiting the denial or abridgment of equality of rights because of sex / Phyllis W. Beck and Michele Hudzicki-Grimmig
- The enforcement of antidiscrimination laws / Teresa Ficken Sachs
- The Olmsted affair and the rise of federal power in revolutionary Pennsylvania / John J. Hare
- The floodgates of strict liability : the Johnstown flood of 1889, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the rise of modern American tort law / Jed H. Shugerman
- Pennsylvania medical malpractice law / Charles L. Becker, Shanin Specter, and Thomas R. Kline
- The ebb and flow of the law : the Supreme Court's product liability jurisprudence / James M. Beck
- Clash of titans : the Supreme Court and products liability / Clifford R. Rieders and Pamela L. Shipman
- The 1778-1779 Chester and Philadelphia treason trials : the Supreme Court as trial court / Carlton F.W. Larson
- Slavery and the Supreme Court : high court justices and the problem of fundamental justice / Paul Finkelman
- When felons don't kill : the felony murder rule in Pennsylvania / Arthur G. LeFrancois
- The Supreme Court and the labor movement / Jeffrey P. Bauman
- The Homestead lockout of 1892 and jurisprudence in Pennsylvania / Melvyn Dubofsky
- Defining the role of the legislature in regulating the economy / Vincent C. Deliberato, Jr
- Pennsylvania administrative law / John L. Gedid
- Afterword / Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor
- Appendix A: the reports of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court / Joel Fishman, Ph. D
- Appendix B: historical list of Supreme Court justices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271080116
- 0271080116
- OCLC:
- 1002043877
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