Debates on the federal judiciary : a documentary history / compiled and edited by Bruce A. Ragsdale.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Contributor:

• Ragsdale, Bruce A., compiler.
• Federal Judicial Center, issuing body.
• United States. Federal Judicial History Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Courts--United States--History--Sources.
• Courts.
• United States.

Genre:

• History.
• Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 volumes)

Other Title:

Debates on the Federal Judiciary

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Judicial Center, Federal Judicial History Office, 2013-2018.

Contents:

• Vol. I (1787-1875): The Federal convention, debates on the judiciary
• Ratification debates on the judiciary
• The Judiciary Act of 1789
• Rethinking the Judiciary Act of 1789
• Circuit riding
• Nonjudicial responsibilities of federal judges
• The suability of states and the origins of the Eleventh Amendment
• The Judiciary Act of 1801
• The repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801
• Impeachment and the trial of Justice Samuel Chase
• Judicial tenure
• Judicial review and federalism
• Circuit riding in an expanding nation
• Civil War and the reorganization of the federal judiciary
• Expanding federal jurisdiction: the Jurisdiction and Removal Act of 1875.
• Vol. II (1875-1939): Court organization and jurisdiction
• Popular politics and judicial power
• Efficiency, administration, and uniformity in the federal courts
• Executive power and judicial independence.
• Vol. III: (1939-2005): New judicial positions and the distribution of authority
• Changes to the appellate system
• Criminal justice reform
• Civil justice reform and access to the courts
• Judicial discipline and removal.

Notes:

• Volume 2 compiled and edited by Daniel S. Holt ; Volume 3 compiled and edited by Jake Kobrick and Daniel S. Holt.
• Title from v. 1 title screen (viewed on Oct. 31, 2013).
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC:

861791858