Constitutional money : a review of the Supreme Court's monetary decisions / Richard H. Timberlake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timberlake, Richard H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--Cases.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

Money--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Money.

Money--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book reviews nine Supreme Court cases and decisions that dealt with monetary laws and gives a summary history of monetary events and policies as they were affected by the Court's decisions. Several cases and decisions had notable consequences on the monetary history of the United States, some of which were blatant misjudgments stimulated by political pressures. The cases included in this book begin with McCulloch volume Maryland in 1819 and end with the Gold Clause Cases in 1934-5. Constitutional Money examines three institutions that were prominent in these decisions: the Supreme Court, the gold standard and the Federal Reserve System. The final chapter describes the adjustments necessary to return to a gold standard and briefly examines the constitutional alternatives.

Contents:

The current state of monetary affairs in the United States

Emergence of money in civilized societies

Bimetallic monetary systems and appearance of a national bank

McCulloch volume Maryland, 1819

"To coin money and regulate the value thereof

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Craig volume Missouri, 1830

Briscoe volume The Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1837

Federal Government issues of treasury notes and greenbacks

The track of the legal tender bills through Congress

Bronson volume Rodes, 1868

Veazie Bank volume Fenno, 1869

Hepburn volume Griswold, 1870 : the legal tender issue

Knox volume Lee and Parker volume Davis, 1871 : reversal of Hepburn

Monetary affairs in the United States, 1871-1883

The third legal tender case : Juilliard volume Greenman, 1884

Commentaries on the legal tender decicions : the issue of sovereignty

Other commentaries on the legal tender cases

The (Gold) Currency Act of 1900 and monetary affairs in the United States before 1914

The Federal reserve system, 1914-1929

The great contraction, 1929-33

Gold! : Where did it go? : Why didn't the gold standard work?

The gold clause cases, 1934-1935

Gold and monetary affairs in the twentieth century

A constitutional monetary system.

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ISBN:

9781139506601

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