Troubled Beginnings of the Modern State, 1888-1910

by Owen M. Fiss

Book Overview

A highly interpretive and eminently readable study of the Supreme Court during the period in which Melvin Fuller was Chief Justice, offering a complete account of the cases the Court saw during one of the most tumultuous times in U.S. history. The legacy of the Supreme Court at the turn of the century has largely been negative: decisions such as Lochner v. New York (1905), Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), In re Debs (1895), and Plessy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052186027X
• ISBN13: 9780521860277
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"