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