The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789-1888Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred years. "A thorough, systematic, and careful assessment. . . . As a reference work for constitutional teachers, it is a gold mine."—Charles A. Lofgren, Constitutional Commentary |
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Contents
Introduction to Part One | 3 |
Limitations on Congressional and State | 31 |
State Constitutions and Congressional Power | 49 |
Conclusion to Part One | 55 |
Introduction to Part Two | 61 |
Original and Appellate Jurisdiction | 74 |
Diversity Jurisdiction | 82 |
Later Jurisdictional Decisions | 91 |
Conclusion to Part Two | 194 |
Introduction to Part Three | 201 |
Article IV and Federal Powers | 237 |
Conclusion to Part Three | 277 |
Introduction to Part Four | 285 |
Limitations on State Power | 330 |
Conclusion to Part Four | 352 |
Introduction to Part Five | 361 |
The Contract Clause | 127 |
Other Public Contracts | 136 |
Bankruptcy and Later Cases | 145 |
Congressional Authority | 160 |
Gibbons v Ogden | 168 |
Later Commerce Clause Cases | 176 |
Other Cases on Congressional Power | 183 |
Commerce and Sovereign Immunity | 403 |
The Powers of Congress | 429 |
Conclusion to Part Five | 448 |
The Constitution of the United States | 461 |
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| Title | The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789-1888 |
| Author | David P. Currie |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0226131092, 9780226131092 |
| Length | 518 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / Constitutional Political Science / General |
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