History of the Supreme Court of the United States
(Book #6 in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States Series)
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With this seventh volume of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States, Charles Fairman completes his study of the Supreme Court in the post-Civil War period of 1864-88. In the previous volume, Fairman covered the Chief Justiceship of Salmon P. Chase; the present volume deals with the tenure of Morrison R. Waite, President Grant's fifth choice for the office. Fairman explores the significance of the Court's tentative first steps on the unending road of decisions designed to clarify and resolve some of the most persistent issues of American public law, and of a national common market. Fairman identifies the reconciliation between North and South as the most pressing issue during the Reconstruction. Accordingly, the Court was forced to mediate between the new liberties proclaimed by the post-Civil War amendments and enforcement measures and the structure of the federal system bequeathed to it by the Founders of the Republic.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521769183
ISBN13:9780521769181
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:858 Pages
Weight:3.04 lbs.
Dimensions:2.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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