Justice Stephen Field: shaping liberty from the gold rush to the gilded age

Outspoken and controversial, Stephen Field served on the Supreme Court from his appointment by Lincoln in 1863 through the closing years of the century. No justice had ever served longer on the Court, and few were as determined to use the Court to lead the nation into a new and exciting era. Paul Ke...

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1. Verfasser: Kens, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lawrence Univ. Press of Kansas 1997
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Zusammenfassung:Outspoken and controversial, Stephen Field served on the Supreme Court from his appointment by Lincoln in 1863 through the closing years of the century. No justice had ever served longer on the Court, and few were as determined to use the Court to lead the nation into a new and exciting era. Paul Kens shows how Field ascended to such prominence, what influenced his legal thought and court opinions, and why both are still very relevant today. --from publisher description
Beschreibung:VIII, 376 S.
ISBN:0700608176

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