David J. Brewer : the life of a Supreme Court justice, 1837-1910 /
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| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©1994.
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Table of Contents:
- The path to the bench: from Smyrna to Kansas, 1837-1862
- Judge and citizen: Leavenworth, 1863-1870
- "A coterie of able men": Brewer and the Kansas Supreme Court on corporations, the public interest, politics, and crime, 1871-1884
- The substance of right: Brewer and the Kansas Supreme Court on prohibition, family law, women's rights, race questions, and the legal profession, 1871-1884
- "An empire in itself": the Eighth Circuit, 1884-1889
- A centennial justice: elevation to the united states supreme court
- The court and the economic realm: regulation, public finance, trusts, patents, and land, 1890-1900
- The court and humanity: minorities, labor, crime, and legal ethics, 1890-1900
- Rostrum and fireside: off-the-bench activity, 1890-1900
- Rates, trusts, and taxes: the court and the commerce, police, and taxing powers, 1901-1910
- Facts and law: responses to reform, 1901-1910.