Battleground New Jersey: Vanderbilt, Hague, and Their Fight for Justice

by Nelson Johnson

New Jersey's legal system was plagued with injustices from the time the system was established through the mid-twentieth century. In Battleground New Jersey, historian and author of Boardwalk Empire, Nelson Johnson chronicles reforms to the system through the dramatic stories of Arthur T. Vanderbilt--the first chief justice of the state's modern-era Supreme Court--and Frank Hague--legendary mayor of Jersey City. Two of the most powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813569729
• ISBN13: 9780813569727
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary