The chief justiceship of William Howard Taft, 1921-1930 /

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"Jonathan Lurie offers a comprehensive examination of the Supreme Court tenure of the only person to have held the offices of president of the United States and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Taft joined the Court during the Jazz Age and the era of prohibition, a period of di...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lurie, Jonathan, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2019.
Colección:Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court.
Temas:
Taft, William H. > (William Howard), > 1857-1930.
Taft, William H. > (William Howard), > 1857-1930
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 20th century.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Biographies.
United States. > Supreme Court
1900-1999
Constitutional history > United States > 20th century.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
Constitutional history
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1919-1933.
United States
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Taft and his court in 1921 : the cast of players
  • Arrival and beginnings, 1921- 1922
  • New arrivals, ongoing litigation, and new statutes
  • The judges' bill, 1922-1925
  • 1924-1925 : a final appointment amid emerging judicial trends
  • 1926 : lengthening shadows, and litigation of significance
  • 1927-1928, part I : civil rights, civil wrongs, and some apparent cracks in classical legal thought
  • 1927-1928, part II : battle lines harden, and planning for the future
  • 1928-1929, part I : the fissures deepen
  • 1928-1929, part II : the Taft court in decline.

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