The Supreme court of Pennsylvania : life and law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017 / edited by John J. Hare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hare, John J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania. Supreme Court--History.

Pennsylvania.

Law--Pennsylvania--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

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 / Renee 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.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271081977

027108197X

9780271081991

0271081996

OCLC:

1032611378